{"id":6,"date":"2024-10-22T13:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/gm-pece\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:58:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/gmpeceriguide\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>How to kick start your research and innovation journey in health and social care<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the Greater Manchester Practice Education Centre of Excellence (GM PECE) Research and Innovation Guide for Health and Social Care Organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a nurse, midwife or allied health professional and want to get into research and\/or innovation, or are already on your research\/innovation career journey and need assistance along the way, then this guide is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide has been created by a team of researchers from the University of Salford, to help you navigate research and innovation from taking the first steps, right through to publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is this guide for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals like me?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This guide has been developed for all nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who work across health and social care.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may work in hospital and community services as a direct employee of an NHS trust, providing ambulance, mental health, community or hospital services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may work in social care, in environments outside of the NHS\/private health care services, more often for independent sector organisations. 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