PHI5236 Clinical trials
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PHI5236 Clinical trials is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2027. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Other periods
- Indonesia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
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Requisites
Before PHI5236
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After PHI5236
No unit lists PHI5236 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in PG Indonesia degree
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Clinical trials provide the most robust evidence of the benefits of healthcare intervention and deemed as the 'gold standard' of study design.
A solid understanding of clinical trials is a key requirement for researchers and clinical trial professionals working in clinical research, or health care practitioners who need to interpret and apply the results of clinical trials in their work.
This unit will equip you with the skills to develop a sound clinical trial questions, design clinical trial protocols and consider issues of ethics, budget and quality assurance. It will also endow you with the skills to critically appraise clinical trials.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Monash Indonesia term 4 | Indonesia | On campus |
Assessment
- Critical appraisal of RCT (Max. 12 pages A4, 1.5 spacing)Written15%
- Individual poster presentation of concept protocol (1 x page A0 - pdf file)Artefact35%
- Group presentation of draft study protocol (15 mins presentation with 10 mins feedback)Presentation20%
- Group presentation of final study protocol (15 mins presentation with 10 mins feedback)Presentation30%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Examine the principles of clinical trials and understand their role in informing healthcare practice and policy.
- 2
Critically analyse the theoretical approaches to clinical trials, including different types of clinical trials, and the strengths and limitations of each.
- 3
Formulate a meaningful question that has relevance to clinical practice or public health, design the right trial for the question, and articulate this design in a study protocol.
- 4
Critically appraise a published clinical trial in order to determine its validity or otherwise to real-life practice and policy.
- 5
Explain the importance of communication between key stakeholders in clinical trials.
- 6
Investigate the practical considerations of undertaking clinical trials, including planning, gaining ethics approval, recruitment and retention of subjects, measurement of outcomes and data analyses.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
24 hours per week including directed and self-directed learning (scheduled classes, prescribed activities and independent work).
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Grace Wangge
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Dragan Ilic
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PHI5236?
PHI5236 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PHI5236 offered?
PHI5236 has no offerings listed in the 2027 handbook.
Does PHI5236 have an exam?
No. PHI5236 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.