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Advanced Clinical Pharmacology

Key information

Subject area:

Life Sciences & Medicine


Course type:

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)


Credit level:

7


Duration:

5 days


Available course dates:

To be confirmed

Course overview

*Please note that applicants to this short course should go via King's Apply (click red 'Apply' button on the right of this page) and select the following programme:

Pharmaceutical Medicine Non-Award (Part-time)

Module Code 7BBM0006

This module provides advanced training over five days in the principles of clinical pharmacology essential to drug development. This includes practical and ethical issues associated with non-patient volunteer studies, the design of such studies and interpretation of the results. Completion of this module will enable you to take an active role in a multidisciplinary team to design and analyse clinical pharmacology studies. Key topics include: Non-patient volunteer studies, planning a clinical development strategy, use of pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic measures in clinical pharmacology studies, statistical principles used in clinical pharmacology studies. You will take part in practical sessions to plan a clinical development strategy for a potential new medicine, prepare a study protocol, analyse study results and learn how to present clinical pharmacology study results through both verbal and written presentations.

What does this course cover?

  • Provides advanced training in the principles of clinical pharmacology that are utilised in the process of drug development.
  • Gives students an in depth understanding of practical issues associated with non-patient volunteer studies according to current regulatory guidelines.
  • Instills an in-depth understanding of how to generate sound study protocols, effective monitoring strategies and data gathering techniques for non-patient volunteer studies.
  • Gives an in-depth understanding of the most significant areas of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data gathering, processing and interpretation.
  • Enables students to develop a clear, articulate and unbiased approach to the interpretation and assessment of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data generated in clinical pharmacology studies.
  • Enables students to develop methods to effectively disseminate clinical pharmacology study results through both verbal presentations and the generation of written reports.

What will I achieve?

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

  • Take an active role in a multidisciplinary team to design clinical pharmacology studies.
  • Recognise the particular ethical issues of using non-patient volunteers in clinical studies.
  • Understand and interpret both pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic data.
  • To understand and interpret the safety data arising in a clinical pharmacology study.
  • Gain a working knowledge of the statistical principles used in clinical pharmacology studies.
  • Be able to critically review a clinical pharmacology paper.
  • To be able to discuss how data from a clinical pharmacology study can inform the future development of a medicine.

Who is this for?

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 clinical pharmacology e.g. pharmaceutical industry physicians, medical affairs and regulatory affairs personnel.

Course status:

Course closed

Full fee £2325

Home Students £1575

Overseas Students £2325

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