Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Clinical Research Method (Klinisk Forskningsmetode)
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3716-23-00-01
	Enrollment deadline: 25/09/2023

Date and time	25.10.2023, at: 09:00 - 02.11.2023, at: 15:30
Regular seats	16
Course fee	4,680.00 kr.
Lecturers	Vibeke Backer
ECTS credits	2.30

Contact person	Marianne Bøje E-mail address: marianne.boeje@regionh.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration SUND E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list. The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at NorDoc member universities. All other participants must pay the course fee. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Formulate a scientific hypothesis 2. Gain tools to critically evaluate your own and others’ projects 3. Perform a sample size/power calculation 4. Describe different study designs and identify biases in medical research 5. Construct a scientific database and disseminate scientific results Content Knowledge After the course the student will: - Acquire an overview of the various aspects of clinical research, from the idea phase to the submission of the manuscript - Understand the importance of a reasonable rationale behind of a good scientific hypothesis - Gain knowledge about study designs and biases related to each study design. - Gain knowledge about recruiting and retaining study participants Skills After the course the student will: - Be able to explain the rationale and design of their own research project - Be able to present and discuss their own project in the context of the obtained knowledge about medical research methodology - Be able to explain the elements of the formula for sample size calculation - Be able to assess the scientific merit of other research projects and point out weaknesses in their projects Competencies After the course the student will have the competencies to: - Plan clinical research projects in an appropriate order taking the various aspects of clinical research into account - Formulate a scientific hypothesis based on a strong rationale - Use qualified estimates necessary for sample size calculation - Provide useful critique to a proposed scientific hypothesis and its relationship with the study design - Design a database prior to data collection and prepare data for statistical data analysis - Complete online CGP-training - Identify biases, strength and weakness in selected manuscripts in the workshops during the course - Present a short oral presentation focusing on one of the subjects of clinical research covered in this PhD course Medical research methodology, study designs, critical appraisal of scientific studies, formulation of a clear, concise and falsifiable hypothesis, recruitment and retaining of study participants, power and sample size calculation, database preparation, regulatory tools. Participants - PhD students who are at the beginning of their PhD Programme - PhD students who have experience with basic science but only a limited experience and are planning to conduct clinical or epidemiological research Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: All graduate programmes Language Danish Form Lectures, discussions, group work, master classes, oral presentations, practical exercises Course director Vibeke Backer, professor, MD, DMSci Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark & Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark E-mail: backer@dadlnet.dk Teachers Vibeke Backer, professor, MD, DMSci Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark E-mail: backer@dadlnet.dk Charlotte Ulrik, professor, MD, DMSci Head of GP “Airways, Anesthesiology and Skin” Department of Respiratory Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital – Amager and Hvidovre Hospital E-mail: csulrik@dadlnet.dk Simon Francis Thomsen, professor, MD, PhD, DMSci Department of Dermatology Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg Hospital and Frederiksberg Hospital E-mail: simonfrancisthomsen@gmail.com Jens Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, professor, MD, PhD Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Section Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev-Gentofte Hospital E-mail: jens.ulrik.jensen@regionh.dk Howraman Meteran, MD, PhD, post doc Department of Respiratory Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital -Hvidovre Hospital & Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen E-mail: hmeteran@gmail.com Dates 25, 26 October and 2 November 2023. All days 9 - 15:30. Course location Rigshospitalet Registration Please register before 25 September 2023. Expected frequency Twice per year Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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