It involves the comprehensive study of the safety and effectiveness of the most promising advances in patient care.
Clinical research is an essential part of health care and delivered by a team of dedicated healthcare professionals working on clinical trials.
Working in clinical research delivery
Working in clinical research delivery gives you an opportunity to be part of novel studies looking at new life saving drugs or treatments and generate new evidence.
It can involve the following activities.
Recruiting participants to a study
Reviewing inclusion / exclusion criteria
Discussing the trial with suitable participants
Screening visits
Taking informed consent
Randomisation
Setting up studies
Liaising with trial sponsors and local research and development and relevant support teams.
Study delivery and data collection
Making sure study visits are completed
Administering study medication
Collecting relevant study data / bloods
Lab work
Reporting adverse events
Types of research
The types of research that you may come across in your clinical practice include:
pilot and feasibility studies
observational studies
cohort studies
cross sectional studies
qualitative studies
randomised control trials.
To find out more please visit:
Types of clinical trials | Cancer Research UK
or watch this video:
Research Delivery Groups (RDG)
There are currently 14 Research Delivery Groups covering all research active areas across Oxford University Hospitals (OUH).
Research Delivery Groups play a crucial role in assessing whether a new study could be run safely, aligned with relevant clinical pathways, and without a negative impact on other current or planned clinical research studies in the same OUH area of specialty.
They also provide a valuable forum for representatives from research teams to maintain an overview of the study portfolio and pipeline in their area.
RDGs for research active areas in OUH review all proposed studies to be set up in their area to confirm initial capacity to deliver them.
The RDG membership broadly consists of:
OUH and Academic Investigators
Research Nurses
Trial Coordinators
R&D Governance Team members.
Further information and updates
OUH Research and Development (R&D) Bulletin
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National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR)
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Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority
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