Postgraduate - UnitMPH5236 - Clinical trials

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Offered	Alfred Hospital Second semester 2013 (Day) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2013 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Professor C Reid

Synopsis

This unit will equip students with the skills for the design, implementation and analysis of randomised controlled clinical trials. It will enable student to formulate research question, select and recruit study subjects, compare groups, conduct randomisation, interpret findings, manage outcomes and consider issues of ethics, budget and quality assurance.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

design a protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial;
appraise a protocol of a randomised controlled clinical trial;
describe the ethical and regulatory process required for the conduct of a clinical trial.

Assessment

Written assignments (80%)
Online assessment (20%)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Chris Reid

Contact hours

15 contact hours over 2 days.

Off-campus attendance requirements

15 contact hours over 2 days

Prerequisites

MPH5213
This unit assumes a basic understanding of the principles of informed consent

Co-requisites

Both MPH5040 and MPH5041

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad