Clinical trials are designed to test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease and are essential to discovering whether new healthcare interventions improve outcomes for patients. This workshop will provide participants a theoretical and practical understanding of the issues involved in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials, in particular the randomised controlled trial (RCT).
Dr Anita Horvath and Dr Monira Hussain
Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Program:
| Time | Session |
| 9.00am | Welcome |
| 9.10am | Introduction to study designs |
| 9:20am | Group activity 1: Scenario analysis and selecting research topic |
| 9:30am | Constructing a research question |
| 10:00am | Group activity 2: Constructing research question based on a research topic developed |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA |
| 11.00am | Study design |
| 12.15pm | Group activity 3: Study design |
| 12:30 | Sample size: How many samples/ participants do we need? |
| 1.00pm | LUNCH |
| 2.00pm | Developing your study protocol |
| 2.30pm | Group activity 4: Design a study from scenarios |
| 3.30pm | TIME TO STRETCH THOSE MUSCLES |
| 3.45pm | Group activity 5: Peer-review proposal |
| 4.15pm | Questions and discussion time with the facilitators |
| 4.30pm | END |
This workshop will incur a $100 commitment to attend fee for medical specialists, a $75 fee for nurses, allied health or researchers, or a $50 fee for students, trainees and consumers. This is in place to address attrition and partially offsetting the cost of convening the sessions. Please only register if you are available to attend.
This workshop will be hosted via Zoom. Zoom is accessible on your computer, tablet or phone via the Zoom app. If you have any issues with this platform on your device, please visit the Zoom support site. Alternatively please contact your IT administrator.
