Study Programmes 2015-2016
EPID0752-1  
Clinical trials, meta-analysis and Evidence Based Medicine
Duration :
30h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)4
Certificat d'université en épidémiologie clinique et en économie de la santé4
Lecturer :
Olivier Bruyère, Jean-Yves Reginster, Florent Richy
Coordinator :
Jean-Yves Reginster
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
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
Learning outcomes of the course :
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Epidemiology Complement (Professor Jean-Yves REGINSTER and Olivier BRUYERE)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
30 theoric hours
Recommended or required readings :
Lecture notes will be available via "my ULg"
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam and/or Continuous evaluation and/or Written report
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website.
Contacts :
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)
Items online :
Slides Courses 1-4
slides Courses 1 - 4
slides Course given on 18/11/2015
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Couse material
Syllabus