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======================================================================================== UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS ======================================================================================== Monday 7th November 2016 (1000-1630) Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Lecturer: David Crook, Senior Research Advisor, NIHR RDS South East & Research Methodologist, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust Course Fees: · Student Rate: £40 (with a valid matriculation card) · NHS/Uni Rate: £80 · Industry Rate: £160 An overview of how Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) have come to be regarded as the toughest test of an intervention in healthcare. Using real life examples, the background, specific elements of RCTs and presentation of results will be explored. Course Outcomes: · Why RCT are held up as the 'gold standard' in deciding how to prevent, treat or manage disease · Why even the best ones often run into problems · How to spot 'issues' in a publication reporting the results of a RCT For further information and to register your place, please refer here<https://crts.org.uk/Content.aspx?dbid=crts&layout=CRTS+Master&theme=CRTS&areaid=118&name=Course&iid=3324&type=Content&oid=Screen&uirefid=1272> Education Programme Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility | The University of Edinburgh | Western General Hospital | Crewe Road South | Edinburgh | EH4 2XU Tel: 0131 537 3355 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Website: www.crts.org.uk<http://www.crts.org.uk> You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.