Clinical Trials Short Course at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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I have just completed the Short Course in Clinical Trials at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I would recommend this to anyone who is relatively new to clinical trials or who wants to get a deeper understanding about trial design, analysis etc. It is a 5-day course and the topics covered include protocol design, randomisation, sample size, statistical analysis, data safety and monitoring, ethics, and a session on systematic reviews. The teaching on the course is of the highest standard and the mix of students was also excellent with people from several countries and from widely different backgrounds (clinicians, nurses, statisticians, regulatory authorities, journal editorial staff, funding body staff etc.) The short course is only run once a year so will next be in September 2011 (further details at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/sct.html) There are also alternative options such as taking the Clinical Trials MSc module either as a London-based module or as distance learning. If anyone wants further information please get in touch and I can direct you to the appropriate people.