This resource aims to help you in developing your skills in: - academic writing - preparing manuscripts for publication - writing funding applications It shares experiences of writing and publishing and gives professional advice on developing your writing and how to prepare, review and persevere with it.

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Release Date: 10 January 2023

This RLO outlines why asking the right question can help in the search for evidence, and explains how to construct good questions using the PICO technique.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This RLO explains what are case-control and cohort studies, and outlines the difference between them.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

To understand the different levels of measurement and the arithmetic operations that can be performed on them

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Release Date: 01 September 2003

This RLO provides an introduction to the basic concepts of meta-analysis, which is an important and valuable tool for summarising data from multiple studies.

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Release Date: 27 September 2017

An introduction to probability, and the probability of sample errors affecting research results.

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Release Date: 10 October 2016

Outlining the distinction between qualitative and quantitative methods of doing research.

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Release Date: 13 February 2017

The aim of this Reusable Learning Object (RLO) is to give you an idea of how qualitative data analysis is done. It's aimed at students studying evidence based practice or research methods, with a basic understanding of what qualitative research is.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This resource explains study design and looks at the situations in which you might apply the different types of design methodology.

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Release Date: 24 October 2018

This resource looks at Randomised Control Trials (RCT). Generally in a randomised controlled trial, study participants are randomly assigned or randomised to one of two groups: the experimental group receiving the intervention that is being tested and the comparison group (control) which receives a conventional treatment or placebo. These groups are then followed prospectively to assess the effectiveness of the intervention compared with the standard treatment or control.

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Release Date: 14 June 2018

This RLO outlines the variety of types of qualitative research that there are. It's aimed primarily at students studying evidence based practice and research methods.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This RLO outlines how Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) work.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This RLO introduces the concept of evidence based practice and explains, in outline, how evidence based practice is done.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

Why published research needs to be appraised by readers.

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Release Date: 21 March 2017