Postgraduate Course: Complex Interventions (Non-Drug) (MCLM11010)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Complex interventions in health care, whether therapeutic or preventative, comprise a number of separate elements which seem essential to the proper functioning of the intervention although the "active ingredient'' of the intervention that is effective is difficult to specify. If we were to consider a randomised controlled trial of a drug vs. a placebo as being at the simplest end of the spectrum, then we might see a comparison of a stroke unit to traditional care as being at the most complex end of the spectrum. The greater the difficulty in defining precisely what, exactly, the żactive ingredientsż of an intervention are and how they relate to each other, the greater the likelihood that you are dealing with a complex intervention. This module is designed to introduce candidates to the design, delivery and interpretation of trials of complex interventions. Use will be made of real-life scenarios and critical evaluation of the literature.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Online Activities 100, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 40, Formative Assessment Hours 12, Summative Assessment Hours 10, Revision Session Hours 8, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Online participation: 25% Individual project: 25% Reflective portfolio: 30% Case scenarios: 20%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Define complex intervention trial Critically analyse a published complex intervention trial and decide on its merit Design a complex intervention trial based on a specific clinical scenario Assess the practical challenges of complex intervention trial design and develop solutions to overcome these