| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-12-08 | - |
Program Overview
Clinical Trials and Biostatistics (7MCS0015)
Course Overview
This module provides training over five days on clinical trial design, analysis, and interpretation. The module highlights the mutual importance of the contribution of both clinical and statistical teams.
Course Details
- Duration: 5 days
- Delivery mode: In person
- Application deadline: 06 October 2025
- Places: Available
Course Features
This module aims to provide a broad understanding of statistics and data management as they apply to medicines development, including those used in clinical trials, to enable a power calculation to be done, to organise clinical trial data and to analyse and report the data. The module will consist of classroom teaching with a large element of practical experience designing studies and evaluating, analysing and presenting data.
Course Content
- Illustrates the core activities of clinical development including the design of clinical trials including the endpoint selection, statistical principles and data management.
- Provides a broad understanding of statistical concepts as they apply to the development of medicines, including those used in clinical trials.
- Enables the student to learn key statistical skills for example, to enable a power calculation to be done, to organise clinical trial data and to analyse and report the data.
- Provides students with a more detailed understanding of different study designs, including non-experimental as well as adaptive and Bayesian designs.
- Give students an understanding of the importance of ‘clean’ clinical trial data collection from Case Report Forms and other sources and data standards.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module students will be able to:
- Create a clinical protocol.
- Critically appraise data collection and data management plans with a view to securing clean data in line with the data analysis plan.
- Critically appraise the use of statistical techniques in the robust design for a clinical trial, including decisions on type 1 and type 2 errors and running power calculations.
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of various study designs and techniques to avoid bias.
Entry Requirements
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 importance of clinical trial design and biostatistics in medicine development by the pharmaceutical industry e.g. pharmaceutical physicians, scientists in R&D and medical affairs, and regulatory affairs personnel.
Key Information
- Course code: 7MCS0015
- Credit level: 7
- Credit value: 15
Fees & Discounts
- Full Price: £1,412.00
- International: £3,975.00
Offered by
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine Institute of Pharmaceutical Science Centre for Pharmaceutical Medicine
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