LSHTM short course: Essentials of Clinical Trials
The London School of Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) offers a short hybrid course on Essentials of Clinical Trials.
Date: 7-11 of July 2025 (5 days).
Learning Type: Hybrid. Teaching will take place through a combination of live lectures and practical sessions, which can either be attended in person at LSHTM in London or online via video conferencing using Zoom.
This popular course, which has been running since 1999, offers a fast track to understanding the fundamental principles of randomised clinical trials. These gold standard experiments enable researchers to test potential solutions to health challenges on a large number of people and in different contexts. Evidence from clinical trials has made a huge impact on health and policy worldwide.
Course content:
- Design of RCT: randomisation, blinding, trial size
- Ethical conduct: participant consent, data monitoring and when to stop early
- Certified Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training
- Introduction to statistical methods for design and analysis
- Alternative designs for clinical trials
- Reporting: how to write, and critique, a clinical trial report
- Clinical trials in practice
- Practical experience in the development of a clinical trial protocol.
(Participants will work in small groups to develop and present trial protocols.) - Guest lecture
The course is relevant for anyone interested in understanding the role of clinical trials in the rigorous evaluation of healthcare interventions, including clinical research professionals, research managers, statisticians and other scientists.
Fees:
- The course fee for 2025 is £1,885.
- Fees cover participation in the course and access to the course materials, including lecture videos and downloadable course notes.
Read here for more information.
Application deadline, 15th June 2025, 23:59 UK time.
