Discover a diversity of free, self-paced online courses for conducting high-quality research from The Global Health Training Centre. Each course is peer-reviewed and regularly updated by experts in the field. Learners earn a certificate from TGHN upon achieving at least 80% on course quizzes.
Short courses aimed at supporting the design and operation of clinical and laboratory studies and in the capture of high quality and ethical data. These are general research skills courses that apply to all types of study.
Introduction to Clinical Research
Basic concepts of clinical research, why and how clinical research is carried out, the importance of ethics in research and the five main clinical study designs.
โ 1 module | 45 mins
๐ English | Español | Français | Português | Swahili | Viแปt | ไธญๆ
RESEARCH PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
ICH Good Clinical Practice E6 (R2)
Providing a framework of principles aiming to ensure the safety of research participants and the integrity and validity of data.
โ 1 module | 45-60 mins
๐ English | Español | Français | Português | ะ ัััะบะธะน | Viแปt
RESEARCH PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
Introduction to Good Clinical Laboratory Practice
Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) guidelines allow the reliability, quality, consistency and integrity of data generated by clinical trial laboratories to be assured.
โ 1 module | 60-120 mins
๐ English | Español | Français | Português
RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Children and Clinical
Research
Aims to give researchers and members of ethics committees confidence in thinking through the challenges of carrying out research with children & young people.
โ 1 module | 45 - 60 mins
๐ English | Español
RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Introduction to Data Management For Clinical Research Studies
Good data management is key to maintaining, processing, analysing and storing high-quality data. This overview is aimed at everyone involved in clinical research.
โ 1 module | takes 30-40 mins
๐ English
DATA MANAGEMENT & SHARING
New | The Data Life Cycle: Practices and Policies
Aimed at early career researchers, postgraduate students and clinical research support staff who are collecting, managing and using health data. This is an update and relaunch of the popular Data Sharing course.
โ 6 modules | 45-60 mins
๐ English
DATA MANAGEMENT & SHARING
Ethics in Epidemics, Emergencies & Disasters: Research, Surveillance & Patient Care
Exploring the wide range of ethical issues faced by health professionals and policy makers working in the context of epidemics/pandemics and disaster situations, focusing primarily on the key areas of research, surveillance and patient care.
โ 7 modules | takes 8-10 hours
๐ English
SOCIAL SCIENCE, ETHICS & COMMUNITIES
INTERGROWTH-21st course
on maternal, fetal and
newborn growth monitoring
This course communicates the methodology of maternal, fetal & newborn growth monitoring and the application of the INTERGROWTH-21st international growth standards to make judgement about appropriateness of growth.
โ 1 module | 2 hours
๐ English | Italiano | Español
RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Research Ethics
Online Training
(V2)
Research is a vital ingredient for improved global health, and scientifically sound and ethically appropriate research is especially important in resource-poor settings where the need for locally applicable research findings is so great.
โ 10 modules | takes 15-30 mins
๐ English
SOCIAL SCIENCE, ETHICS & COMMUNITIES
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