Please note, this course is not provided or endorsed by the UKTMN, but has been deemed relevant to trial management, and may be of interest to our members.
On behalf of the University of Bristol
Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial (RCTs) are the ‘gold standard’ test for evaluating whether a new intervention is better than an existing one and are routinely used in both real-world healthcare and public health settings. Academics working in the Bristol Trials Centre (BTC) and the University of Bristol (including those who are tutors on this course) have all been at the forefront of designing and implementing high quality pragmatic RCTs for this purpose.
This course aims to provide an understanding of the essentials of designing, conducting and analysing pragmatic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The course examines RCTs evaluating health and public health interventions in primary, secondary and community settings with individual and cluster randomised designs. Please note this course does not go into lots of detail about regulatory approvals and research governance.
This introductory online course will be taught over 5 full days and to ensure inclusivity will include live, asynchronous and pre-recorded material. The course also includes voluntary interactive elements such as 'Present your own RCT' session.
