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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
Swedish title | Kliniska prövningar inom kardiovaskulär forskning |
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English title | Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular Research |
Course number | 3173 |
Credits | 1.5 |
Responsible KI department | Institutionen för medicin, Solna |
Specific entry requirements | |
Grading | Passed /Not passed |
Established by | The Committee for Doctoral Education |
Established | 2023-02-13 |
Purpose of the course | To enable doctoral students to:
-Improve their knowledge and skills related to clinical trial planning and design as well as successful running of different types of clinical trials (observational studies,registries, randomized trials); -Acquire an overview of some recent key trials in the cardiovascular arena. |
Intended learning outcomes | After the course, the participants should be able to:
-design a clinical trial -account for the relevant regulatory aspects involved in the process of designing and running a clinical trial -analyze and interpret trial data -critically review literature of clinical trials -handle important statistical issues (e.g. different types of adjustments for confounders, biases, how to perform subgroupanalysis in trials, statistical methods for meta-analyses) related to different trial designs (e.g. observational studies,registries, randomized trials and meta-analyses). |
Contents of the course | Lectures/Workshops on the following topics:
-Different designs of clinical trials -Requirements from regulatory agencies and post marketing surveillance -Upcoming and ongoing cardiovascular clinical trials -Statistical issues in clinical trials -How to interpret clinical trials |
Teaching and learning activities | - Lectures/workshops, debates on important clinical trials (2 days)
- Home-based studying and preparation of the exam - group work (2 days) - Presentation and discussion of your own design of a clinical trial (1 day) |
Compulsory elements | Participants should attend all the sessions and be involved in group work and presentation of the home assignment. The students who have missed course sessions will be assigned extra-reading and home work to compensate the absence. |
Examination | Home-based group assignment (design of a clinical trial on a topic of students' choice) which will be presented/discussed on the examination date. Each individual will be assessed on the basis of the achievement of the intended learning outcomes of the course. |
Literature and other teaching material | Recommended reading materials will be provided well in advance of the course. | Course responsible |
Gianluigi Savarese Institutionen för medicin, Solna gianluigi.savarese@ki.se |
Contact person |
Giulia Ferrannini Institutionen för medicin, Solna giulia.ferrannini@ki.se |