6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL
Postgraduate - Unit
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Faculty
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Coordinator(s)
Unit guides
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
Upon successful 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 x 2 (40% each, total 80%) (Hurdle)
- Online assessment (20%)
Workload requirements
15 contact hours over 2 days.
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Chief examiner(s)
Off-campus attendance requirements
15 contact hours over 2 days.