LSHTM Call for Applications: Essentials of Clinical Trials
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) invites you to apply for the course titled “Essentials of Clinical Trials”. This course gives attendees a clear understanding of the fundamental principles of Randomised Clinical Trials (RCTs).
Live lectures and practical sessions will cover the key issues in design, conduct, analysis and reporting, with a focus on major clinical trials that directly influence clinical practice. Topics are addressed with perspectives from both public sector research and the pharmaceutical industry.
Date: July 3 – 7, 2023
Time: 9.30am – 5pm British Summer Time (BST)
Place: Online and in person in London.
Who should attend?
- The course is relevant to anyone who’d like to get an understanding of the rigorous evaluation of interventions in health care, including clinical research professionals, research managers, statisticians and other scientists with an interest in clinical trials.
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 development of a clinical trial protocol.
(Participants will work in small groups to develop and present trial protocols.) - Guest lecture
Course fee:
- The course fee for 2023 is £1,750.
- Fees cover participation in the course and access to the course materials, including videos and downloadable course note
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