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Our courses
Courses for your next research milestone.
Move from fundamentals to applied research workflows with bilingual, self-paced courses and cohort-based training from the CRENC network.
Study Designs in Clinical Research
This CRENC practical medical research course explores the various study designs used in medical research.
Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practice
Explore the essentials of research ethics and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) with a focus on the Cameroonian context.
Monday Research Training 2025
Empowers participants with essential skills in research methods, ethics, and data management.
Formulating the Research Question and Objectives
A beginner-friendly course teaching learners how to develop focused research questions and clear, measurable research objectives for scientific studies.
Planning, Organizing & Streamlining the Scientific Writing Process
A structured, beginner-friendly course teaching researchers how to plan, write, revise, and publish scientific manuscripts.
CRENC-IeDEA Research Training 2024
Comprehensive training in research ethics, study design, data analysis, scientific writing, and ethical medical practices.
Basics of Implementation Science
A beginner-friendly course introducing learners to the core concepts, tools, and methods of implementation science and how to use them to bring proven public health interventions into real-world practice.
Medical Research Ethics
Understand the ethical and administrative framework governing health research in Cameroon: ethics committees, informed consent, GCP, and national regulations. An essential foundation for any responsible researcher.
Featured pathway
A focused pathway for ethical health research.
Start with the core Research Ethics and GCP course, then go deeper with practical guides on clearance, informed consent, ethics review, and student research conduct in Cameroon.
Coercion and Undue Influence in Health Research Ethics
As a researcher, it is essential to respect both your participants and colleagues during research by conducting yourself in a manner that does not influence their willingness to participate in your activities. In this blog, we will focus on two ethical concepts:...
Ensuring Patients’ Confidentiality in Medical Research in Cameroon
In the field of medical research, the protection of patient confidentiality is a key aspect of ethical practice, especially in a diverse socio-cultural setting like Cameroon. This blog post explores the concept of confidentiality, offers strategies to ensure its...
How to Conduct Your Thesis Ethically: A Guide for Health Research Students in Cameroon
In medical research, the line between ethical and unethical practice is not just a matter of moral judgment but now, more than ever, a legal imperative in Cameroon. Recent legislation governing research ethics has elevated the importance of conducting studies with the...
Archiving Medical Research Data Ethically: A Practical Guide
Picture yourself as a researcher, leading an important study, or as a participant, having just shared your personal information with a research project. The data you handle or provide isn’t just a collection of numbers and facts; it’s a mosaic of personal...
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Fresh thinking from the CRENC learning community.
Practical explainers and field notes that connect statistical methods, implementation science, and public health research practice.
A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Explanatory Regression Models
Introduction Regression is one of the most widely used analytical tools in statistics and data science for understanding relationships between variables and explaining real-world phenomena. In health research, it plays a central role for students, junior researchers,...
Procedure for Handling Missing Data in Statistical Analysis
A problem frequently encountered by many researchers and unfortunately not well documented is how to handle missing data within a dataset to ensure optimal analysis. Indeed, after a rigorous process of field data collection, the quality of the dataset is not always...
Unveiling the Fundamentals of Implementation Science
In Cameroon, public health programs face various challenges in effectively translating research into practice, especially in resource-limited settings where funding, infrastructure, and access to care are often constrained. Implementation science provides a structured...
How to Design Effective Questionnaires: A Complete Beginner’s Guide – Part 2
In this continuation, we’ll explore how questionnaires compare to other data collection tools and wrap up with key insights to guide your next project. If you haven’t already, we recommend starting with Part 1 of this blog article, where we cover the essentials of...
How to Design Effective Questionnaires: A Complete Beginner’s Guide – Part 1
Crafting an effective questionnaire can be daunting for those just starting their research journey. If you’re a beginner and feel unsure about questionnaire design, this guide is meant for you. We provide comprehensive, concise, and informative guidance to help...
How to Develop a Research Question
1. Introduction Developing a research question can be a challenging task, especially when you are new to the field of research. You may have too many ideas, or none at all. You may feel overwhelmed by the scope, complexity, or novelty of the research methods. You may...
The P-value: A Beginner’s Guide for Medical and Public Health Researchers
If you have ever taken a course in statistics or read a scientific article, you must have come across the p-value. It is an unavoidable and very commonly used concept in research, especially in fields like medical and public health. But what exactly does it...
Understanding and Quantifying Measures of Mortality
Measures of mortality are a cornerstone in population health and public health practice. You have likely encountered discussions about measures of mortality in your epidemiology courses, whether during your schooling years or in your current studies. Whether you...
Learning outcomes
Built around real research growth.
CRENC Learn supports researchers as they move from foundational concepts to practical decisions in ethics, study design, implementation, data use, and scientific communication.
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Researchers and health professionals engaged across CRENC learning activities.
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Learning materials designed for English and French research communities.
01Start with a course
Build shared language around research ethics, methods, or implementation science.
02Join a training program
Apply lessons through cohort sessions, mentoring, and practical assignments.
03Use field-ready tools
Turn protocols, review questions, and analysis plans into stronger research work.
04Publish and lead
Move toward manuscripts, presentations, grant ideas, and locally relevant evidence.
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Join more than 1,500 researchers and health professionals building stronger skills in ethics, methods, implementation science, and scientific writing — in English and French.
Growing Africa’s next generation of researchers
Our integrated research capacity and career development pathway combines foundational learning, hands-on experience, mentorship, open courses, and practical research resources.
CRENC-IeDEA Research Calls
Weekly research calls, open all year for structured learning and exchange.
Learn more →Studentship Program
For students at thesis level who need guided support for ethical research.
Learn more →Internship Program
Six months of hands-on experience across real research workflows.
Learn more →Research Associates
Advanced training for researchers ready to contribute and lead.
Learn more →Online Courses
Self-paced e-learning in research methods, ethics, writing, and implementation science.
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