Postgraduate

MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trials

Structure and Syllabus

The expected structure for the MSc is shown below. The Postgraduate Diploma consists of the four compulsory core modules.  Please note that the structure will be confirmed in the Regulations.

Four core compulsory modules

Fundamentals of clinical trials [9160CT101]

Basic statistics for clinical trials [9160CT102]

Clinical trials in practice [9160CT103]

Reporting and reviewing clinical trials [9160CT104]

Plus one compulsory advanced module

Protocol development [9160CT201]

Plus five optional advanced modules
(three of which must be selected from the group CT2)

A compulsory integrating module [9160CT210]

Selection group CT2 - Clinical Trials advanced modules *

Trial designs [9160CT202]

Project management and research co-ordination [9160CT203]

Regulatory affairs, good clinical practice and ethics [9160CT204]

Data management [9160CT205]

Data monitoring and interim analyses [9160CT206]

Design and analysis of epidemiological studies [9160CT207]

Further statistical methods in clinical trials [9160CT208]

Cluster randomised trials [9160CT209]

 

Additional optional advanced modules available from selection group EP3

 

Epidemiology of communicable diseases [670E301]

Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases [670E303]

Advanced statistical methods in epidemiology [670E304]

Molecular and genetic epidemiology [670E305]

 

Additional optional advanced modules available from selection group PH2

 

Economic evaluation [953P204]

Health care evaluation [953P207]

Notes:

• the CD-ROMs which are provided with the modules from selection group EP3 are not compatible with Macs

• the Course Director retains the right to consider the appropriateness of a student's selection of the advanced modules for the MSc degree and, with good reason, may restrict the options chosen by any student.

Short courses

If you wish to take an individual module or modules, perhaps for professional updating or special interest, or you would like to ‘sample' the programme, you may take modules as a short course student.