Clinical Research in Health and Medical Sciences
People from PMR-C are course leaders on an annual course in clinical research methodology. The content of the course will be an introduction to clinical research in health and medical sciences, covering the levels of evidence from prospective cohort studies, over randomized controlled trials, to systematic reviews with meta-analyses.
The topics include: research questions, study designs, statistical considerations, sample size calculations, clinimetric properties of outcome measures, intervention design, research registration, sampling, blinding, and reporting of research. Most topics in the PREPARE and REPORT trial guides will be covered. The course is planned for 2022.