MS923-20 Management of Patient-Centred Research
Introductory description
This module provides students with theoretical and practical perspectives of the conduct of patient-centred research. Students will explore issues related to the management of clinical trials, safety monitoring, regulatory issues, data analysis, reporting of trials and contemporary study designs.
Module aims
This module enables students to:
- Demonstrate data management and analysis approaches relevant to clinical trials.
- Consider issues of safety and regulatory obligations involved in managing clinical trials.
- Communicate effectively and clearly on clinical trial design, management, and outcomes.
Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
The outline syllabus gives an indication of the sort of topics that will be covered in the module.
- Ethics, privacy, and safety in clinical trials.
- Clinical Trial management and conduct.
- Measurement of clinical trials and data capture.
- Data monitoring and analysis.
- Reporting of results.
- Regulatory issues in clinical trials.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- 1. Use appropriate project management techniques to manage clinical trials.
- 2. Identify and discuss important issues in data management in clinical trials.
- 3. Critically evaluate safety monitoring issues in clinical trials.
- 4. Compare and contrast local and international and global regulatory issues affecting the design and execution of clinical trials.
- 5. Identify the appropriate data analysis techniques appropriate to particular study objectives.
- 6. Evaluate the key elements of longitudinal data analysis and meta-analysis.
- 7. Explain contemporary clinical trial designs, including adaptive and translational study designs.
- 8. Demonstrate the capacity to communicate information on clinical trial design, conduct and outcomes to a range of audiences.
Interdisciplinary
Clinical practice necessitates collaboration across disciplines, and it is appropriate that this is reflected in the Masters in Clinical Research. The module is designed to appeal to a range of clinical professionals, including medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, bioscience and other disciplines.
International
The course will recruit from (and be delivered in) multiple territories, and the content will be tailored to the students’ own territories, reflecting local and international standards for clinical research integrity.
Subject specific skills
Subject-specific skills that will be obtained from the module include:
- Project management.
- Data analysis and evaluation.
- Appreciation of regulatory frameworks.
- Change management.
Transferable skills
Improvement of a range of transferable skills, including:
- Written communication.
- Organisation and time management.
- Thinking and problem solving.
- Numeracy.
- Adaptability and flexibility.
Study time
Type | Required |
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Online learning (scheduled sessions) | 30 sessions of 1 hour (15%) |
Online learning (independent) | 130 sessions of 1 hour (65%) |
Assessment | 40 hours (20%) |
Total | 200 hours |
Private study description
No private study requirements defined for this module.
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You must pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Assessment group A
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Presentation on the management of Patient-Centred Research | 20% | 10 hours | Yes (extension) |
A 10-minute pre-recorded presentation on the management of Patient-Centred Research. The protocol will provide a justification of the chosen trial design, consider issues of patient / public involvement and key issues around feasibility of the trial (resources, regulatory obligations, timelines, compliance etc.). Sample scenario 1
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Reassessment component is the same |
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Critical review of management issues related to Patient-Centred Research | 80% | 30 hours | Yes (extension) |
A 3,200-word critical review of provided scenarios to evaluate and manage issues inherent in developing, implementing, monitoring and report patient-centred research. Students will be given 2 scenarios of patient-centred research and will be required to provide a critical review of the key issues inherent in developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting the research. The scenarios will be selected to highlight issues related to design, ethics and/or governance of research. Students will be asked to describe mechanisms for the resolution of the issues. Sample scenario 1 Sample scenario 2 |
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Reassessment component is the same |
Feedback on assessment
The critical review will be marked and moderated using a standardised rubric based on the following assessment criteria:
- analysis
- application
- communication
- evaluation
- knowledge
- understanding
Feedback, including marks, will be given electronically to students.
The pass mark is 50% overall.
It is not necessary to pass each component of the module independently.
We will apply a compensatory grading approach that will enable students to carry a failed component, as long as their aggregated mark is at least 50%.
There is currently no information about the courses for which this module is core or optional.