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On completion of this module students will be able to:
• Explain the advantages of well-designed interventional trials
• Devise an optimal trial design for a given research question and scenario
• Acknowledge and propose solutions to the range of difficulties and limitations which interventional trials encounter
• Demonstrate understanding of the role of competent authority regulation and good clinical practice in trial conduct
• Devise and implement a best-practice Protocol for a simple clinical trial
• Carry out sample size estimation for selected RCTs
• Interpret results of RCTs terms of risks and benefits
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 20 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 70 |
Total | 114 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Online Multiple Choice Questionnaire | End of trimester MCQ | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
Group Project: Capstone group project on clinical trial design | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 70 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Peer review activities
Staged presentations and review of drafts for the group project are conducted throughout the trimester, including lecturer and peer feedback, and self-reflection.