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SUMMARY:CSM's Randomised Controlled Trials Course: A Guide to Design\, Con
 duct\, Analysis\, Interpretation and Reporting of RCTs
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DESCRIPTION:This annual course provides a thorough grounding in the princi
 ples and practice of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for evaluating he
 althcare interventions. You will learn from an interdisciplinary faculty o
 f clinicians\, statisticians\, and trial managers\, all with a wealth of R
 CT experience. The course uses a problem-based learning approach\, includi
 ng lectures and small-group practical sessions\, and grounds all learning 
 in practical experience and examples from the literature.\n\nCOURSE OBJECT
 IVES\n    Clarify the fundamental principles and practice of RCTs\n    Pre
 sent the optimal methodology to use in RCTs\n    Examine the critical issu
 es involved in planning\, conducting and completing a successful trial\n  
   Provide a basic understanding of the statistics used to plan and analyse
  RCTs\n    Teach critical appraisal skills and practice appraising RCT pap
 ers\n\nCOURSE Faculty Includes\n    Dr Juul Achten\, Research Manager\, Ox
 ford Trauma and Emergency Care\, Kadoorie Centre\, Nuffield Department of 
 Orthopaedics\, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences\, University of O
 xford\n    Prof Jonathan Cook\, Professor of Clinical Trials and Medical S
 tatistics and co-Interim Director of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research U
 nit\, Centre for Statistics in Medicine\, Nuffield Department of Orthopaed
 ics\, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences\, University of Oxford\n  
   Prof Richard Emsley\, Professor of Medical Statistics and Trials Methodo
 logy\, Institute of Psychiatry\, Psychology\, and Neuroscience\, King's Co
 llege London\n    Prof Sally Hopewell\, Professor of Clinical Trials and E
 vidence Synthesis\, Centre for Statistics in Medicine and Oxford Clinical 
 Trials Research Unit\, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics\, Rheumatology 
 and Musculoskeletal Sciences\, University of Oxford\n    Dr Marloes Franss
 en\, Senior Trial Manager\, Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care Group\, Nuffi
 eld Department of Orthopaedics\, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences
 \, University of Oxford\n    Dr Beth Fordham\, Senior Research Fellow in P
 sychology\, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics\, Rheumatology and Musculo
 skeletal Sciences\, University of Oxford\n    Prof Graeme MacLennan\, Prof
 essor of Medical Statistics and Director of the Centre for Health Care Ran
 domised Trials (CHaRT)\, Health Services Research Unit\, University of Abe
 rdeen\n    Dr Sofia Massa\, Lead Statistician\, Oxford Clinical Trials Res
 earch Unit\, Centre for Statistics in Medicine\, Nuffield Department of Or
 thopaedics\, Rheumatology\, and Musculoskeletal Sciences\, University of O
 xford\n    Dr Joanna Moschandreas\, Senior Clinical Trial Medical Statisti
 cian\, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences\, University of
  Oxford\n    Prof Eric Ohuma\, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemi
 ology\, Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health\, Depar
 tment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health\, London
  School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine\n    Dr Ines Rombach\, Senior Res
 earch Fellow/ Statistician\, School of Health and Related Research\, The U
 niversity of Sheffield\n\nWHO SHOULD ATTEND\nIf you are planning or active
 ly involved in trials\, or are interested in furthering your knowledge of 
 trial methodology\, this course is for you. It is ideal for those early in
  their career or those looking for a refresher course\, as it provides an 
 overview of all elements of an RCT. We welcome applications from clinical 
 and non-clinical researchers and other professionals allied to medicine.\n
 \nDETAILS\nDate: Monday 7 September to Friday 11 September 2026. A typical
  day runs from 9am to 5:30pm\, with a course dinner on the Thursday evenin
 g and a 2pm finish on the Friday after lunch.\n\nVenue: The course will be
  held at Merton College\, University of Oxford\, a historic college locate
 d in Oxford's city centre.\n\nCourse fees: £1850\, discounted to £1700 i
 f payment is made by 17:00 (GMT+1) 30 April 2026. Fees must be paid in ful
 l before your place on the course is confirmed. Fees include daily lunch a
 nd refreshments\, a course dinner (Thursday evening)\, and a comprehensive
  delegate’s pack including all course materials. Discounts are available
  for a limited number of NDORMS staff and students\, if payment is made in
 ternally.\n\nAccommodation: Bed and breakfast accommodation is available a
 t Merton College for £137 per night (not included in course fees). Detail
 s for booking accommodation will be supplied with a place offer.\n\nREGIST
 RATION\nRegistration is now open! Please contact rct.course@csm.ox.ac.uk f
 or access to the application form.
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LOCATION:Merton College - T.S. Eliot lecture theatre\, T.S. Eliot lecture 
 theatre Merton College Merton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4JD United Kin
 gdom
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