5 Other sources R health help
5.0.1 online communities
NHSRCommunity Friendly community promoting use of R in the NHS.
R for data science online learning community A welcoming community based around the book “R for Data Science”.
stackoverflow Where coders ask and answer questions. A good site just to search as a non-member but also worth joining. Good to use Minimal Reproducible Examples (reprex) both to help solve issues yourself and when asking on the site or of colleagues.
5.0.2 training resources
NHSR intro to R slides & repository A complete intro to R & RStudio course that goes a little beyond what we cover in our intro. Includes data to run the practicals. We may go through some of these as revision and to explore further.
RStudio Data Science in a Box A complete introduction to data science course.
Datacamp Datacamp offer a wide range of interactive training for R and other data. There are some free introductory materials and more advanced available through a paid registration. You may be able to get funding support from the hospital.
5.0.3 books
R for Health Data Science Free online version & hardcopies. Great 2021 book from a UK health perspective. Starts from beginner level, goes beyond what we covered e.g. into analysis & version control.
R for Data Science Free online version & hardcopies. Good for dplyr, ggplot & into analyses. A little dated maybe (2017).
Data Visualization A practical Introduction Hardcopy & associated R package with code to replicate the figures.
5.0.4 R packages
These are all on CRAN so can be installed by install.packages(NAME). Link below is to best description.
NHSDataDictionaRy
NHS Data Dictionary Tools
medicaldata Medical datasets for teaching (US focus).