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| EPID0752-1 | Clinical trials, meta-analysis and Evidence Based Medicine
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Olivier Bruyère, Jean-Yves Reginster, Florent Richy |
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| Coordinator : | Jean-Yves Reginster |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| Clinical trials
Introduction: Evidence-based Medicine
Drugs development (Phases I, II, III, IV)
Clinical trial methodology
- Characteristics of a protocol
- Particular clinical trial
- Informed consent
- Clinical trial analysis
Meta-analysis and Evidence Based Medicine
- Introductory example to EBM
- Critical appraisal of EBM
- The weight of evidence in medicine
- EBM and modern quantitative methods
- Applications to clinical in humans
- Meta-analysis |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Clinical trials
- To acquire basis to perform clinical trial
- To discuss interventional epidemiology with a pluridisciplinary point of view
- To learn to consult international clinical trial directives
Meta-analysis and Evidence Based Medicine
The lesons will cover the evaluation of the levels of evidence, effects estimates, randomized controlled trials design and analysis, meta-analysis and the development and evaluation of predictive approaches. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Epidemiology Complement
(Professor Jean-Yves REGINSTER and Olivier BRUYERE) |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 30 theoric hours |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Lecture notes will be available via "my ULg" |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam and/or Continuous evaluation and/or Written report |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website. |
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Contacts :
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| Professor Olivier Bruyère
Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics
CHU Sart Tilman, Bât B23
4000 Liège
Tel.: +32 (0)4 366 25 81
Fax: +32 (0)4 366 28 12
E-mail: olivier.bruyere@ulg.ac.be(episp@ulg.ac.be) |
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