Research

Research Resources

Education

Implementation Research Toolkit
Organization: World Health Organization
Type: Online modules
Link: https://tdr.who.int/home/our-work/strengthening-research-capacity/implementation-research-training-materials
  • Introduction
  • Understanding IR
  • Proposal Development
  • Research methods and data management
  • IR-Planning and Conducint IR
  • Communications and advocacy
  • Integrating IR into health systems

These modules really talk not only about doing the research, but actually implementing it into practice. A nice intersection of research/EBP. Focus is community, but it’s relatable across spectrum.

Kaiser Permanente Nursing Research Series
Organization: Kaiser Permanente Southern California Nursing Research
Type: Online Modules
Link: http://kpscnursingresearch.org/nursing-research-series/

Site provides an educational series is to assist nurses to be a consumer of nursing research and to evaluate the adequacy of research findings.

Research Methods Knowledge Base Website
Type: Website
Link: https://conjointly.com/kb/

Instructional site providing information on different types of research designs based on the question.

Joint Taskforce for Clinical Research Competency
Organization: Multi-Regional Clinical Trails Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard
Type: Website
Link: https://mrctcenter.org/clinical-trial-competency/

Site is a multi organizational collaboration outlining a framework for clinical research trial competencies

Health Services Researcher Pathway
Organization: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Type: Pathway
Link: https://www.uvic.ca/hsd/nursing/assets/docs/graduate/researcher_pathway.pdf

Health Services Researcher Pathway Nurse Professional Development Tool: Research Competencies (version 4.0 updated August 2020) a set of research competencies for nurses were developed by a research team supported by the BC Nursing Research Initiative through the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

National Institutes of Health Research & Training
Organization: National Institutes of Health
Type: Website
Link: https://www.nih.gov/research-training

Training resources

National Institute of Nursing Research
Organization: National Institute of Health
Type: Website
Link: https://www.ninr.nih.gov/training/nih-training-resources

Training resources

Research Courses
Organization: CITI Program
Type: Online Modules
Link: https://about.citiprogram.org/courses/?reset=true&fwp_industry=clinical-research

Site provides multiple research course overviews, including how to present data and findings.

Resources/Tools

Library of PCOR Resources
Organization: Agency fo rHealthcare Research and Quality
Type: Website
Link: https://www.ahrq.gov/pcor/library-of-resources/index.html

Site provides a variety of resources including systematic reviews, databases of research grants, ongoing research projects, data and reporting tools

Trip Database
Type: Web based data base
Link: https://www.tripdatabase.com

Site provides tools for translating evidence and/or conducting research to move evidence into practice

Sigma Repository
Organization: Sigma Theta Tau
Type: Repository
Link: https://sigmarepository.org

Must register to use site. Provides information on access, has publications and multimedia resources on a variety of topics.

Health Services Research Training & Funding
Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Type: Website
Link: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/index.html

Site provides AHRQ sponsored training opportunities; AHRQ funding opportunities and information on federal research policies

Sample Size Calculator
Organization: Creative Research Systems
Type: Website/calculator
Link: https://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm

Calculator for sample size and confidence interval; additional other research aids

The "R" Project for Statistical Computing
Organization: Statistics Software Program
Type: Website
Link: https://www.r-project.org/

Free statistical software for data analysis

G*Power
Organization: Heinrich University
Type: Website
Link: https://www.psychologie.hhu.de/arbeitsgruppen/allgemeine-psychologie-und-arbeitspsychologie/gpower

Must register; site for statistical power analysis for Mac and Windows

Data Science Texbook
Organization: StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook
Type: Website
Link: https://docs.tibco.com/data-science/textbook

Free online statistics textbook

Eastern Nursing Research Society
Organization: Eastern Nursing Research Society
Type: Website
Link: https://www.enrs-go.org/

Organization of nurses promoting and supporting regional nursing research in the Eastern U.S.

National Institute for Nursing Research
Organization: National Institute of Health
Type: Website
Link: https://www.ninr.nih.gov/

Site provides information on training; funding; research outcomes

Purdue OWL
Organization: Purdue University
Type: Website
Link: https://owl.purdue.edu/

Site provides free writing; formating resources

Sigma Theta Tau
Organization: Sigma Global Nursing Excellence
Type: Website
Link: https://www.sigmanursing.org/advance-elevate/research

Site provides access to Sigma repository, information on research grants; calls for abstracts; international collaboration

Southern Nursing Research Society
Organization: Southern Nursing Research Society
Type: Website
Link: https://snrs.org/

Organization of nurses promoting and supporting regional nursing research in the Southern U.S.

Midwest Nursing Research Society
Organization: Midwest Nursing Research Society
Type: Website
Link: https://mnrs.org/

Organization of nurses promoting and supporting regional nursing research in the Midwest U.S.

Western Institute for Nursing Research
Organization: Western Institute for Nursing Research
Type: Website
Link: https://www.winursing.org/

Organization of nurses promoting and supporting regional nursing research in the Western U.S.

Translational Science
Organization: NIH Translational Science Resources
Type: Website
Link: https://ncats.nih.gov/training-education/resources

Training and educational resources for conducting translational science research

Implementation Science Research
Organization: NIH Implementation Science Research Resources
Type: Website
Link: https://www.fic.nih.gov/About/center-global-health-studies/neuroscience-implementation-toolkit/Pages/resources.aspx

Training and educational resources for conducting implementation science research

Research Study Repository

ClinicalTrials.gov
Organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Type: Registry
Link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/

ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.

Research Regulations

International Compilation of Human Research Standards
Organization: Health Human Services
Type: Standards for International Research
Link: https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/international/compilation-human-research-standards/index.html

A listing of over 1,000 laws, regulations, and guidelines on human subjects protections in 133 countries and from many international organizations.

Office of Human Research Protections
Organization: Health Human Services
Type: Website
Link: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp

Federal guidelines for protecting human research subjects