NHS-R Community Annual Survey

We undertake an annual NHS-R Community Survey in order to learn more about how you are progressing with the use of R in your work.

We will use your feedback to learn about barriers and enablers to the use of R which will inform our offer of support for you and the wider NHS-R Community.

Please share your feedback by competing this survey which should take about 15 minutes.

After completing the survey, participants from NHS and Public Sector in the UK will have a chance to win an R related book. We will randomly pick 5 names from all replies, so watch this space : -)

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* 1. How would you describe your job role?

Junior Analyst

Analyst (working on projects independently)

Senior Analyst (managing small teams/ projects)

Manager (managing larger teams/ projects)

Lead (head of department)

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What type of organisation do you work for?

Regional NHS Body (e.g. Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) or Health boards)

Commissioning Support Unit (CSU)

Local Authority

NHS Provider Trust

Central NHS (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)

Public Health

University

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What part of the UK do you work in?

Scotland

Northern Ireland

North East

North West

Yorkshire and the Humber

East Midlands

West Midlands

Wales

East of England

London

South East

South West

Outside of the UK (please specify)

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* 4. How would you describe your level of R knowledge/skills?

Novice

Intermediate

Advanced

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How did you first learn about R?

University

Self-taught

Colleagues

Training courses through NHS-R

Training courses through other providers

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What do you use R for at work?

Don't use R currently

Automation of repetitive tasks [please give examples below in "other" if applicable]

Data visualisation

Dashboards

Simulation

Forecasting time series

Machine learning

Mapping/GIS

Natural Language processing/Text mining

Statistical modelling

Working with SQL databases

Data wrangling

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What are your R training needs?

Introduction to R

Automation of repetitive tasks [please give examples below in "other" if applicable]

Data visualisation

Dashboards

Simulation

Forecasting time series

Machine learning

Mapping/GIS

Natural Language processing/Text mining

Statistical modelling

Working with SQL databases

Data wrangling

Other (please specify)

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* 8. How often do you use R in your current job role?

Never/rarely (once every 3 months or less)

Sometimes (once a month)

Often (once a week)

Regularly (daily)

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* 9. How many colleagues in your team/department are using R?

One or no individuals use R

A few individuals use R

Several individuals use R

(Almost) everyone uses R

Don't know

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What sources of support do you use for R (e.g. help and development of skills)?

Colleagues

Internet searching

Twitter/slack

NHS-R website (e.g. blogs)

NHS-R Webinars

NHS-R training courses

NHS-R slack channel

Training courses by other providers

Stack overflow

R user groups

Annual NHS-R conference

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What challenges do you face in adopting R on a day to day basis in your work?

Lack of time

Lack of skill

Lack of IT infrastructure support

Lack of interest from my colleagues

Lack of permission from IT department/my line-manager

I am not motivated to use R (e.g. I use other software)

I am not convinced of the use-case for R in my workplace

Security concerns

Other (please specify)