? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : MED-P-P00943

Design of clinical trials, principles of analysis, and interpretation of findings

? Pre-requisites : Introduction to Research Methods and Ethics

Home subject area

Public Health Research, (Medicine, Schedule R)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 14:00 15:50 Med+Vet

On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- understand the role of the randomised controlled trial in a range of areas of application
- identify appropriate populations for different types of analysis
- understand the principles of analysis
- contribute to the design of clinical trial protocols

Design of a clinical trial protocol

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Sarah McAllister
Tel : (0131 6)50 3227
Email : Sarah.McAllister@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr John Forbes
Tel : (0131 6)50 3214
Email : J.F.Forbes@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/phs/education.php

School Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/