The second course of our 5-course professional certificate offering on research for community stakeholders is now available.

Our second course in the “Research for Community Partners” (RPC) Program is now available online in a self-study format.  The RCP program is designed with community stakeholders in mind. The second course, “Community Research Design” presents steps to build your research question and team, and introduces common steps for your research design. When researchers are studying a topic in the community, it is critical that community members be involved in the work in order to have an accurate understanding of the topic and find meaningful solutions.

This second course has 5 lessons:

1. Crafting a Research Question

2. Assembling a Research Team

3. Research Ethics

4. Literature Review

5. Theoretical Models for Community Research

This program was developed for community leaders, health ministry practitioners, health professionals, church leaders, non-profit workers, and others who desire to learn more about the research process and to be effective research teammates.  The program is taught from a Christian Biblical worldview and integrates themes of teamwork and community advocacy throughout the lessons. Choose what you wish to learn on your schedule. In partnership with Wisconsin Lutheran College, we will continue to add affordable tools and training to our online catalog. Check out more details on our RCP page or sign up in the Meros training catalog.

Please share this exciting news with your families, friends, and neighbors. God Bless!