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Rural Healthcare Educational Research Awareness and Skills Development Series
Information about the National Centre's commissioned 'Rural Healthcare Educational Research Awareness and Skills Development Series'.
Turn your Rural Practice into Research
Do you work or live in a remote, rural, or island setting? Your unique perspective is the missing piece in healthcare education research.
Commissioned from the University of Aberdeen, this Rural Healthcare Educational Research Series is a practical, step-by-step programme for practitioners who want to:
- Identify research opportunities in their daily work.
- Design robust studies that reflect rural realities.
- Secure funding and share findings with a global audience.
Don’t just adapt to the system—help build the evidence base that improves it.
Course Description
Introductory Seminar: Introduction to rural healthcare educational research
What is rural healthcare education research?
Why is rural healthcare education research important?
Why are you important to rural healthcare education research?
What are some case study examples of rural healthcare education research projects?
Workshop 1: Rural healthcare education research: fundamentals of research question design
What is rural healthcare education research?
What are research paradigms in rural healthcare education research?
How do research paradigms influence how we design research questions?
Workshop 2: Design of rural healthcare education research
What is the timeline of developing a rural healthcare education research project?
What is the process of developing a rural healthcare education research project?
How do I apply for funding for a rural healthcare education research project?
Workshop 3: Knowledge sharing and impact in rural healthcare education research
What are types of knowledge sharing and impact generation in rural education research?
How can you develop a dissemination and impact strategy?
Course Schedule
Introductory Seminar: Wednesday 15th April 2026, 12 – 13:30 (recording below)
Workshop 1: Wednesday 13th May 2026, 12 – 13:30
Workshop 2: Wednesday 27th May 2026, 12 – 13:30
Workshop 3: Wednesday 10th June 2026, 12 – 13:30
📍 Location: Online via MS Teams
📧 Contact: For queries, please contact carrie.walton@nhs.scot
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Introduction Session Recording