Responsibilities | Skills | Attributes |
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• Working with clinicians as novice researchers to help them develop research proposals • Simplifying the research process • Answering general questions about research • Discussions with clinicians about what they learned in the lecture meant for their study • Improving practice ideas and concepts into study • Breaking down projects into feasible ones • Providing support on how to formulate research questions, identify gaps, choose suitable study methods • Working with groups with different levels of research knowledge • Keeping participants on track • Research facilitators as resources: linking up with people, linking to appropriate resources | • Experience in research design and the fundamentals of conducting a research project • Qualitative or quantitative research design experience • Completing ethics, hospital ethics • Research project management required—budget, human resources, how to achieve each milestone in a timely manner • Can identify issues that come up with research • Understanding clinical research • Ethics applications • Grant applications | • Conduit—a link between—providing information to clinician • “I’m not a cancer expert, but…” • Understanding own limitations as to how the research facilitator can contribute to the group • Overcoming the gaps in personal areas of expertise when dealing with different research groups |