Postgraduate study in Clinical Trials

Structure and Syllabus

MSc: 11 modules (4 compulsory core, 5 elective, one compulsory elective, plus integrating module)
Postgraduate Diploma: 8 (4 compulsory core plus four elective modules)
Postgraduate Certificate: 4 compulsory core modules

Four core compulsory modules
Fundamentals of clinical trials [CTM101]
Basic statistics for clinical trials [CTM102]
Clinical trials in practice [CTM103]
Reporting and reviewing clinical trials [CTM104]
Plus elective modules (four for Postgraduate Diploma, 5 for MSc)
At least three modules must be taken from selection group CTM2. The remaining module(s) can be chosen from other CTM2 modules, or selection groups EPM3/PHM2
Plus one compulsory elective module (MSc only)
Protocol development [CTM201]
Plus compulsory integrating module (MSc only)
Compulsory integrating module [CTM210]

Selection groups
Selection group CTM2 - Clinical Trials elective modules
Trial designs [CTM202]
Project management and research co-ordination [CTM203]
Regulatory affairs, good clinical practice and ethics [CTM204]
Data management [CTM205]
Data monitoring and interim analyses [CTM206]
Design and analysis of epidemiological studies [CTM207]
Further statistical methods in clinical trials [CTM208]
Cluster randomised trials [CTM209]
Additional elective modules available from selection group EPM3
Epidemiology of communicable diseases [EPM301]
Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases [EPM303]
Advanced statistical methods in epidemiology [EPM304]
Human genetic epidemiology [EPM306]
Additional elective modules available from selection group PHM2
Economic evaluation [PHM204]
Health care evaluation [PHM207]
Medical anthropology in public health [PHM211]
Please note: If you are choosing to study elective modules from the Epidemiology course i.e. EPM3 modules, please note that the CD-ROMs provided for use with those modules are not compatible with Macs.

Notes:

All CT modules successfully completed will be assigned 15 credits each; the integrating report will be assigned 30 credits.
For Postgraduate Diploma/MSc students, credit for one or two modules studied at LSHTM (blended learning study) may be allowed in place of one or two of the above elective modules, subject to module restrictions. An additional fee will be payable.
At the discretion of the Examiners, students who have been examined in and have passed three CTM1 modules (which must include CTM101) may be permitted to proceed to elective module studies.
Restrictions and prerequisites may apply to some of the modules.