Clinical research (2024)

Aalborg University, Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology

Description: The course aims to provide a comprehensive review of clinical research with emphasis on how to design and how to perform a clinical study and thus give the participant the necessary tools to perform clinical trials. The course contains a comprehensive review on how to plan and perform clinical trials involving humans. Different designs (the randomized controlled trial and other designs including more specialized designs) are reviewed and the planning of a clinical trial is presented. Power calculations are reviewed in detail in order to provide the participant with the necessary tools to give an estimate of the number of subjects needed for a clinical trial. Methods (biochemical methods, diagnostic tests, reliability, coefficient of variation etc.) are reviewed and concepts such as evidence based medicine, collaboration with the medical industry, the legal aspects of a clinical trial (how to write a contract, legal obligations etc.), how to review a paper, practical aspects of biobanks, and how to perform meta-analyses are covered. Emphasis is put on practical exercises related to the topics mentioned above along with lectures.

Organizer: Professor, consultant, PhD DrMedSc Peter Vestergaard, e-mail: pev@dcm.aau.dk and Clinical Associate Professor Jakob Dal, email: jakob.dal@rn.dk

Lecturers: Peter Vestergaard, Helle Damgaard Zacho, Niels Kragh Madsen, Nicklas Hessellund Højgaard Rasmussen, Rikke Viggers, Johan Røikjer, Britt Laugesen, Louise Hansen, Louise Bornebusch Lund, Stine Kondrup Bach, Henrik Krarup, Søren Risom Kristensen, Jesper Karmisholt, Jakob Dal

ECTS: 3,2

Time: 08.15 - 15.30 December 2th – December 5th, 2024 

Place: Forskningens Hus, Aalborg Universitetshospital, Søndre Skovvej 15, DK-9000, Aalborg

Zip code: DK-9000

City: Aalborg

Number of seats: 30

Deadline: 11 November 2024

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