Research Methods for Medical Imaging Professionals

Join us in a 100% online course utilising videos, online lectures, e-books, case studies and interactive modules on research methods. Learn how to write a study protocol and different study designs, search literature, undertake critical appraisals and understand the statistical and ethical aspects of research.

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Course date

Current course open from 1 October 2025 -  31 August 2026

Registrations from each month will be enrolled at the start of the next calendar month.

(Registrations close 31 July 2026)

Course delivery

This course is delivered 100% online, in a self-paced asynchronous learning environment. This course will take approximately 15 hours to complete

Course fees

  • Standard fee $1,150 incl. GST
  • Discounted fee $900 incl. GST for Monash University, Monash Health and Alfred Health employees

Program contact

shortcourses.depm@monash.edu

Phone: +61 3 9903 0289

Terms and Conditions

Research informs clinical practice, policy-making and decision-making. This course aims to specifically provide medical imaging professionals with fundamental knowledge and skills in research methods. This course will enable you to create answerable research questions, effectively search the medical literature, distinguish between different research methodologies, critically appraise evidence, interpret statistical data and implement research in practice.

Course outline

  • Introduction to Research Methods
  • How to write a study protocol
  • Searching the literature efficiently
  • Critical appraisal

    a. Tools for critical appraisal of a journal article

    b. Practice exercise using QUADAS to appraise a diagnostic accuracy study

  • Levels of evidence and GRADE methodology for guideline development
  • Epidemiological study designs

    a. Observational

    b. Randomised trials

  • Statistics in health
  • Confidence intervals and sample size calculation
  • Evaluating statistical significance
  • Statistical tests
  • Interobserver agreement
  • Ethics in research
  • Visual design for researchers

Learning objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Write a study protocol that can be executed
  • Formulate an answerable clinical question
  • Choose an appropriate study design to answer a clinical question
  • Know what data are needed to perform sample size calculation
  • Interpret statistical data
  • Critically appraise research evidence
  • Understand the principles of evidence-based practice guideline development
  • Appreciate the ethical implications of their research

Who should attend?

This short course is tailored to the needs of busy imaging professionals, including qualified and trainee radiologists, radiographers, sonographers, medical imaging technologists, radiation oncologists, and medical radiation physicists, who want to improve their understanding of fundamental research methods used in medicine. The course provides a way to rapidly increase your capacity to participate as a knowledgeable team member in collaborative work with other researchers as well as to design and conduct your own research projects.

Course facilitators

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