Come and meet us on the 6th of September UWE Bristol

New article on our experience of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on conducting clinical trials with an embedded QRI: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Great to see this paper from Mary Alvarez Emily Hotton Sam Harding Jonathan Ives and colleagues: information and discussion about intrapartum interventions should take place before labour. …tfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10…

We now have a #QRI protocol to support open #RCTs with recruitment shortfalls: The QRI-Two. Rapid diagnosis of recruitment barriers are shared with the RCT team, with QRI-informed training. Our paper discusses the intervention's development & application in the UK, USA and Europe

One reason why climate change doesnt energise politicians and the public is because we describe heating in terms of temperature. Saying the world has warmed by 1.2 degrees seems like a nice pleasant weekend. Here are some other ways to describe it... (1)

📢 #PhD opportunity!
We're working with Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) to offer a place University of Bristol. Successful candidate will use #BigData to investigate how existing health conditions and ethnicity affect #Diabetes
Interested?
More info bit.ly/3C09nZ9
#phdchat #phdlife

Staged-and-Tailored Informed Consent: International Online Symposium - perspectives & experiences of alternative approaches to informed consent for individually randomised pragmatic trials
Wed 13th Sept
Registration & Call for Abstracts open
twics.global/staged-informe…
MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership

I love my monthly blogging opportunities with Dementia Researcher & this just flowed! Dr Mark Jayes Julia Wade Victoria Shepherd Amy M Russell

🚨 New webinar alert 🚨 Amy M Russell Victoria Shepherd Dr Kerry Woolfall Dr Mark Jayes Julia Wade & Dr Anna Volkmer will deliver a webinar on 'Complex and alternate consent pathways in clinical trials' on the 24th April @ 13:00 (UTC+1). Sign up at: hrb-tmrn.ie/training-educa…

We want to hear from other Clinical Trials professionals about their experiences of using screening data. If you work in trials, please complete our survey by 15th May to have your say forms.office.com/e/1xCsjdadNs UKTMN #TrialManagement

Designing a trial and unsure how to recruit and retain an ethnically diverse trial population? Have a look at Trial Forge Guidance 3 led by Dr Shoba Dawson for some help:

trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Calling patients and public who have taken part in a #clinicaltrial - Consider joining an online discussion to give your insights & experiences to help better understand how to improve the recruitment process for future clinical trials. #TrialsMethodology

Congratulations to the CARE pilot and feasibility trial for reaching the target 60 recruits. Great teamwork led by Prof Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Neil Kitchen and the team ECTU and grateful for help from colleagues in QuinteT Nicola Farrar Alba X Realpe

Could you join our Nurse & Midwife Committee Member Development Scheme? Find out more about our one year development opportunity for Nurses & Midwives at band 6 or above, or in an equivalent academic role. nihr.ac.uk/committees/pro…

In case you missed this #PhD opportunity last week.... If you are interested in trials methods research and/or human behaviours this could be right up your street. Fully funded and joining a great team HSRU with several other trials methods PhD researchers FindAPhD

📢Job opportunity
QuinteT Leila Rooshenas and I are recruiting a #qualitative 0.5FTE research associate for the Protector study looking at #smokingcessation for vascular and cardio surgery patients. Please get in touch if interested! bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…)

Interested in how to improve healthcare professionals recruitment & retention behaviours in #RCTs ? This funded #PhD opp could be the perfect fit. Ideal for #psychology grads & others with health background. Closes Apr 13th. Pls RT or contact for info sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/ca…

Done a randomised recruitment SWAT?
Then tell us, so we can include it in the Cochrane recruitment review, which we are updating (esp. if you've not published it)!
#Cochrane #systematicreview #SWATs Trial Forge @heidirgardner Dr Shoba Dawson Dr Hanne Bruhn (she/her)
cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

Lights, camera, action! 📽️ The eNurture team are filming at University of Bristol with the incredible Lucy Biddle focusing on suicide prevention and staying safe online for young people. #MentalHealthMatters
enurture.org.uk