The Randomised Clinical Trials course an introductory course for those seeking to gain a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of RCTs, including effective trial management. The Course consists of twelve (12) online modules and twelve (12) online webinar sessions. This Course will be delivered by experienced researchers and trial managers at The George Institute.
The George Institute for Global Health's Fundamentals of Research Methods and Study Design course is designed to equip clinicians, allied health and public health professionals, health policymakers and health program managers with a basic understanding of epidemiology and research methods.
The course has been developed in conjunction with senior academics from the George Institute with expertise in high impact, global health research. They include specialist clinicians, epidemiologists and biostatisticians who have extensive teaching experience at both an undergraduate and post-graduate level.
The course comprises seven modules, each of which cover separate topic areas. Modules are designed to be completed in sequence.
Upon completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Recognise the application of different epidemiological study designs
- Explain the various biases that might affect the validity of a study
- Define the key characteristics of different observational study designs
- Differentiate between observational and experimental studies
- Select the appropriate critical appraisal checklist and standard reporting guidelines for most common study designs
- Prepare and interpret descriptive statistics for a given study
- Describe key principles of inferential statistics
- Describe role of systematic reviews in evidence-based decision making and practice
- Identify key ethical requirements in research involving humans