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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.
Literature Review and Synthesis
Search, screen, appraise, and synthesize scientific literature using practical methods for health research questions.
Medical Research Ethics
Understand ethical review, informed consent, governance, and national regulations for responsible health research in Cameroon.
Basics of Implementation Science
Learn the concepts, tools, and methods that help translate evidence into better real-world health interventions.
CRENC-IeDEA Research Training 2024
Comprehensive training in research ethics, study design, data analysis, scientific writing, and ethical medical practice.
Planning, Organizing & Streamlining the Scientific Writing Process
Plan, draft, revise, and publish scientific manuscripts with a structured workflow for busy researchers.
Formulating the Research Question and Objectives
Develop focused, answerable research questions and clear measurable objectives for scientific studies.
Monday Research Training 2025
Build core research skills through structured sessions on methods, ethics, data management, and scientific communication.
Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practice
Explore essential research ethics and Good Clinical Practice principles with examples grounded in the Cameroonian context.
Basics of Study Designs in Clinical Research
Compare common medical research designs and choose the right approach for clinical and public health questions.
Introduction to Bias, Confounding, and Missing Data
This course equips learners with the tools to identify and manage threats to research validity. Across six lessons, participants explore the core forms of bias and confounding, work through real-world case studies on selecting and controlling for confounders, distinguish effect modification from confounding, apply stratified analysis techniques in statistical software, and learn best practices for diagnosing and handling missing data.
Introduction to Study Design in Medical Research
Learn how to choose the right study design for your research question. This course covers observational and experimental designs, moving from research question to study design, systematic review protocols, and qualitative research methods — including interviewing and thematic analysis. Delivered asynchronously with a quiz at the end of each unit.
Introduction to Data Analysis and Interpretation
Summarize, visualize, and interpret health data using practical statistical and analytical methods for real research questions.
Data Collection and Management in Medical Research
Learn how to design, collect, and manage high-quality health research data — from quantitative methods and online surveys to REDCap data management and ethical best practices. A practical, CRENC-IeDEA case-study-based module for researchers and data collectors.
Scientific Writing Part II: Writing the Sections of a Research Paper
This section of scientific writing, guides participants through the anatomy of a research manuscript. Across five lessons, learners master the funnel approach to writing introductions, structure a clear and reproducible methods section using established reporting guidelines, present results effectively with tables and figures, write a strong discussion and conclusion, and craft a compelling, well-structured abstract.
Scientific writing Part I: Basics of Scientific Writing
The Basics of Scientific writing, introduces the building blocks of strong academic writing in health research. Through six focused lessons, participants learn to construct clear sentences and paragraphs, apply the core principles of effective scientific writing, plan and organize the writing process, draft a research concept note, and uphold academic integrity through proper citation and plagiarism avoidance.