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• Obtain a recognised Postgraduate qualification from a top 10 UK university
• Secure local CME accreditation
• Demonstrate knowledge of trial design, delivery and assessment
• Explore theoretical and practical issues in the design and implementation of clinical trials
• Develop skills in handling and presenting clinical trial data
• Critically evaluate key aspects of how clinical trials are reviewed and reported

Postgraduate Certificate (Semester 1)

Module 1

 Understanding Evidence in Practice – Semester 1 PG Cert (20 CATS)

• Introduction to evidence-based medicine.
• Exploration of study design in clinical and medical research.
• Designing research questions using accepted frameworks.
• Refining research questions through appraisal of literature.
• Assessing strengths / weaknesses and biases of study designs.
• Ethical and regulatory frameworks of clinical research.

Module 2

 Clinical Research Design – Semester 1 PgCert (20 CATS)

• Application of evidence-based medicine.
• Consideration of research methodologies and study designs (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed
• methods).
• Bias in research and its link to the internal and external validity standards.
• Understanding reporting guidelines for common study designs.
• Management of participants in research.
• Understanding evaluation and regulation of therapeutic agents in clinical trials.
• Data collection and data management.
• Selection of analysis techniques.
• Qualitative data analysis.
• Quantitative data analysis.
• Describing and summarising data.
• Interpretation of data.

Module 3

Clinical Research Analysis - Semester 1 PgCert (20 CATS)

• Data collection and data management.
• Selection of analysis techniques.
• Qualitative data analysis.
• Quantitative data analysis.
• Describing and summarising data.
• Interpretation of data.

Postgraduate Diploma (Semester 2)

 Module 4

 Leadership in Clinical Research – Semester 2 PG Diploma (20 CATS) 

• Effective leadership in a clinical research setting
• Organisational structures in clinical research
• Organisation behaviour and organisation culture.
• Mentorship in clinical research
• Change management in research projects
• Ethical issues in clinical leadership

Module 5

 Design of Clinical Trials – Semester 2 PG Diploma (20 CATS)

• Clinical Trials: Introduction and ethics in clinical trials
• Clinical Trials: Phases, contexts and ethics
• Study protocols
• Study populations and cohorts
• Clinical Trial Design: Phase I-IV designs
• Treatment allocations

Module 6

Management of Person-Centred Research – Semester 2 PG Diploma (20 CATS) 

• Ethics, privacy and safety in clinical trials
• Clinical Trial management and conduct
• Measurement of clinical trials and data capture
• Data monitoring and analysis
• Reporting of Results
• Regulatory issues in clinical trials

Masters (Semester 3)

Professional Project in Clinical Research – Semester 3 M.Sc. (60 CATS)

The “Professional Project in Clinical Research” is a 60 CATS module that will enable students to identify,

understand, appraise and plan research related to clinical research. The module will cover the skills needed to identify, appraise and synthesise research evidence and develop an understanding of the implications of research for in a clinical setting. Working independently, and under limited supervision, students will then take responsibility for the direction and management of a project through to completion and submission.

The module addresses the following areas:

• Literature searching
• Formulating a research question
• Study design
• Writing a research protocol
• Presenting a research protocol