Career Development Group MSc in Clinical Trials

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Career Development GroupMSc in Clinical Trials

• Janet Darbyshire

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MSc in Clinical Trials

• Hosted by London School of Hygiene and Tropical
  Medicine
• Led by Professor Diana Elbourne
• Development Group
• Executive Group
• (UK TMN rep. on these groups)

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Timeline

• Distance Learning October 2006
• Face to face October 2007
• Advertised September 2005

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DL course details

• Pg Diploma - min length 1yr/max 5yrs
• MSc - min length 2yr/max 5yrs
• Appropriate computer specification
• Self taught
• Structured tutorial feedback

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DL syllabus PG Diploma

• Core units
• Fundamentals of clinical trials
• Basic statistics for clinical trials
• Clinical trials in practice
• Reporting and reviewing clinical trials
• (this also constitutes Part I of the MSc)

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DL syllabus MSc Part II

• Six advanced units examples include
• Protocol development (compulsory)
• Trial designs
• Project management and research co-ordination
• Regulatory affairs
• Data management
• Data monitoring

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Assessment

• Core units
• 3 of the 4 core units will be a 2-hour unseen
  (written) paper
• The 4th will be an assessed assignment
• Advanced units
• Protocol development (compulsory) will be
  assessed assignment
• All other units will be 2-hour unseen (written)
  papers

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Fees

• These figures are a provisional guide
• PG Diploma 4,895
• MSc 8,320