- Department: Health Sciences
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
- See module specification for other years: 2023-24
This course will enable you to develop an understanding of randomised controlled trial methodology and to develop the practical skills to both design and conduct a randomised controlled trial focussing on evaluation of healthcare interventions, and to critically review existing randomised controlled trials.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2024-25 |
To understand, critically review and be able to design and conduct a randomised controlled trial focussing on evaluation of healthcare interventions.
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
Write a funding proposal for a randomised trial.
Critically review published randomised trials.
Understand the relationships between sponsor, funder, research ethics, and governance.
Design trial documents including patient facing information and data collection tools.
Plan and achieve successful participant recruitment and retention within a randomised controlled trial.
Have developed skills and knowledge required to deliver a randomised controlled trial.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
Torgerson, D. and Torgerson, C. (2008). Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
UK Trial Managers Network (McDonald A, Farrell B, Booth G, Buckland S, Foster K, Harper L et al, editors). The guide to efficient trial management. Available at: https://www.tmn.ac.uk/resources/34-the-guide-to-efficient-trial-management
ICH Good Clinical Practice. Available at: http://www.ich.org/products/guidelines/efficacy/efficacy-single/article/integratedaddendum-good-clinical-practice.html
Health Research Authority. Available at: https://www.hra.nhs.uk/
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical trial toolkit. Available at: http://www.ct-toolkit.ac.uk/