Educational Resources: Trial Management and Design

Below are a list of educational resources related to Trial Management and Design.

You may need to create an account with the provider in order to access some of the resources on offer.
For the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) resources, the information provided may not all be applicable, as it is aimed at those conducting clinical research in England, so please use it as a general resource.

Edinburgh Clinical Trial Management Course (ECTMC):This two-day course provides an introduction to the management of clinical trials and gives an overview of the standard processes and legal requirements necessary to undertake clinical research.
Edinburgh Clinical Research Methodology Course (ECRMC): This two-day course provides a comprehensive overview of the methods and frameworks currently required to perform cutting-edge clinical research.

Please refer to our course page for further details

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Monitoring - Provider: UK Trial Mangers Network (UKTMN)
Future of Health: Focus on Innovation in Trial Design and Study Delivery - Provider: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)*
Digital Tools for Efficient Clinical Trials - Provider: FutureLearn (created with University of Southampton)
The Study Protocol - Provider: Global Health Training Centre
Introduction to Collecting and Reporting Adverse Events - Provider: Global Health Training Centre {Attributed to The Global Health Network}

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Videos

Study Intensity Tool - beginners training - Provider: UKCRF Network
How to be a good trial manager (Duration: 1hr 8min) - Provider: MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
Archiving a research study - Bitesize training (Duration: 12min ) - National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)*
Monitoring (x4 videos: Intro to the Principles, On-site, Remote and Central) - Provider: UKCRC CTU Network

Podcast

Toolkits

Trial Set up - Provider: MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL {Note: Variety of resources - slides, webinar, video, example documents, SOPs with example templates}

Guides

The Guide to Efficient Trial Management - Provider: UK Trial Mangers Network (UKTMN)

Frameworks

Competency Framework for Trial Management - Provider: UK Trial Mangers Network (UKTMN)

This article was published on 2023-08-15