A round up of all the upcoming training courses available from Noclor NHS Research Office including our Writing for Publication Taster Session, Literature Searching Skills, and Critical Appraisal Skills for Quantitative Research.
These training sessions are free and available to any member of staff who works for one of our partner trusts or organisations working in primary or wider care settings across North London.
Noclor Hosted training sessions
Writing for Publication Taster Session
Delegates will learn how to structure a paper and how to avoid common pitfalls. The session is interactive and will includes two practical activities.
By the end of this session delegates will have:
- Discussed the value of writing for publication
- Explored topics for potential publication
- Focused on targeting journals
- Reflected upon writing conventions
- Considered and understood the processes involved in preparing an article for publication
Friday 8th May 10:00 – 11:00
https://noclorwritingforpublicationts.eventbrite.co.uk
Finding the Evidence (Literature Searching Skills)
Introducing and demonstrating searches of healthcare databases
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the concept of literature searching through Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS) interface, to demonstrate some of the features of the healthcare databases and to offer basic skills required to search these databases.
This includes: Healthcare Databases- Searching Medical, Nursing, Psychological, Complementary and Allied Medicine, Health Administration and Health Management Databases with links to full-text articles of over 1500 journals.
By the end of the session delegates will have understood the following concepts:
- E-journals, e-books and how to login to the NCC
- Databases on offer
- Concept of literature searching
- Basic searching across databases
- And many more
Thursday, 21st May
https://noclorftelss.eventbrite.co.uk
Critical Appraisal Skills (Quantitative Research)
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce critical appraisal, to describe the major features of quantitative research and to appraise a quantitative a research paper.
By the end of the workshop, delegates should have the confidence to read quantitative research papers critically and to identify their strengths and weaknesses.
The critical appraisal of quantitative research workshop provides you with an opportunity to:
- Know the anatomy of research paper
- Understand hierarchy of evidence and a range of study designs within it
- Learn about data collection and analysis
- Become familiar with different types of bias
- Understand the importance of setting of the research and recruitment of participants
- Revisit basic epidemiological and statistical concepts
Thursday, June 4th
https://noclorcasquantitative.eventbrite.co.uk
Training available with Whittington Health Library
The sessions are delivered on MS Teams. To book on to any of them please email us at whl@nhs.net or call us on 020 7288 3580
Noclor Programme: What the Library Can Do for Me - an Introduction to Library Services
In this introductory session you will find out how the Library can help your research interests, how it can help you deliver evidence based care, and how it can support your learning and development at work. The session covers using the Library space, joining and getting an NHS OpenAthens account, book and journal requests, the Library web site, KnowledgeShare (for regular subject alerts) and the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.
Monday 1st June 2026, 11:30 - 12:00
Noclor Programme: Finding the Evidence
Learn how to retrieve the research literature you are looking for by devising and executing a good search strategy using both keyword and subject heading searches. You will gain the skills to search the NHS Library and Knowledge Hub as well as primary research databases effectively by combining searches using AND/OR operators, refine your results using limits; and export, email, save your results.
Tuesday 21st May 2026, 10:00 - 11:30
NEW! Noclor Programme - Types of Research
Within an hour you will be introduced to the different branches of research, and different research methodologies that are used in healthcare, with recent examples highlighted.
Friday 22nd May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Noclor Programme: Quick-fire Critical Appraisal of QUANTITATIVE Research
Introduces the main concepts involved in critical appraisal of quantitative research, and discusses features of research papers using selected questions from the appropriate CASP checklist. The session covers basic statistical concepts necessary for understanding results.
Thursday 7th May 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Friday 5th June 2026, 11:30 - 12:30
Noclor Programme: Quick-fire Critical Appraisal of QUALITATIVE Research
Learn how to understand key elements in the successful and accurate appraisal of a paper, discuss the features of qualitative research and the key terminology associated with it, and understand how to use a CASP checklist to critically appraise a qualitative research article.
Monday 11th May 2026, 11:30 - 12:30
Tuesday 9th June 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Noclor Programme: Academic Writing
In this session, you will learn to define the key concepts of a paper, make evidence-based arguments, and present your viewpoints critically and logically in academic writing, with opportunities to practice your new skills.
Tuesday 12th May 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Monday 15th June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Noclor Programme: Getting into Research
In this one hour introductory session you will learn how you can get started with a research project, and about the opportunities available to nurses and AHPs in the NHS nationally and locally.
Wednesday 13th May 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
NEW! Noclor Programme: Writing for Publication
Within an hour you will learn the basic requirements of writing for scientific or professional journals, including structure and style guidance, plus an understanding of the publishing process.
Friday 29th May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
NEW! Noclor Programme: Creating Posters for conferences
In an hour you will learn what's expected of posters at conferences or other professional occasions; get ideas for presenting your work in a graphic form, and hints and tips for producing a print or digital poster.
Tuesday 26th May 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Noclor Programme: Reference Management
In half an hour you will learn what reference management software is, what programmes are freely available, know how to create a bibliography in Refworks and cite references in your work using it.
Wednesday 20th May 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Noclor Journal Club:
Join us in the library or online for our monthly Noclor Journal Club for Nurses and AHPs. In these sessions we'll go over an accessible, interesting paper (or something else...) as a group, discussing its strengths and weaknesses, and what it could mean for your practice. Call on 020 7288 3580 or email whl@nhs.net to book your place on any of the sessions.
This month: With the World Cup just round the corner, we thought we'd capitalise on that excitement and cover this open-access paper:
"Mental health promotion through soccer in high-risk communities: a narrative review", freely available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44155-026-00358-x
The Noclor Journal Club will be meeting online via Teams and in-person in Whittington Health Library's meeting room (with snacks/refreshments!) to discuss this paper.
Wednesday 27th May 12:00 - 13:30