Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Digital Tools for Efficient Clinical Trials
University of Southampton and NIHR - National Institute for Health Research
The course explored the key digital tools currently being used for recruitment and retention in digital trials and presented evidence for their effectiveness. It identified the key challenges and limitations in using particular digital tools and offered a range of information to guide researchers when designing clinical trials.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
Gareth Griffiths
Professor of Clinical Trials
University of Southampton
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop an understanding of what we mean by 'digital tools' for clinical trials
- Discuss examples of digital tools that have been used for recruitment and retention of participants in clinical trials
- Identify ways in which digital tools could be used to support clinical trials
- Evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of different tools
- Explore what a researcher might need to consider when planning to use digital tools in clinical trials
- Collect ideas on where to find useful further information
- Reflect upon how digital tools might be useful in your own context and share experiences with others
- Investigate how to evaluate digital tools as a study within a trial to build on an evidence base.
Syllabus
- Overview of digital tools in the context of clinical trials
- Key tools for recruitment
- Key tools for retention
- Evidence for their use and effectiveness
- Overall advantages and limitations
- Considerations for use of digital tools in clinical trials
Issued on 27th April 2022
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