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Pharmaceutical Medicine Non-Award (Part-time): Module Code 7MCS0017

This specialist module gives students the knowledge and skills needed to run clinical trials, including large multi-national ones. Students will learn the standard communication, tracking and problem solving tools that project managers use to ensure that projects are completed to plan.

Course content

• Gives students an in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the clinical trial Investigator and investigator site staff.
• Provides an in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the clinical trial Sponsor and Monitor.
• Instils a deep understanding and appreciation methods and technologies available to project manage clinical trials.
• Enable students to predict and problem-solve the common challenges withy the conduct of clinical trials.
• Provides students with an in-depth appreciation of the benefits and challenges with conducting multi-centre, multinational clinical trials.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this module students will be able to:

• Critically appraise systems that allow the generation and retrieval of clinical trial documentation required by regulations and good practice.
• Create a plan that maps the execution of a multisite clinical trials various activities, e.g., patient recruitment; adverse events and data collection against plans over the lifetime of the project, using suitable project tracking tools.
• Design strategies that address project problems, e.g., slow data flow, poor team dynamics, and quality of clinical trial supplies.

Minimum entry requirements are either a medical degree (such as an MBBS) or a 2:1 first degree in pharmacy, pharmacology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry or related subject. The course will suit individuals seeking to develop a practical understanding of the management of clinical trials e.g. pharmaceutical physicians, scientists in R&D and medical affairs, and regulatory affairs personnel.