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Basics in Pharmacoepidemiology – (Certificate)
Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
Eu2P Central Office
| Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,500 - | ||||
| Location: | Bordeaux / France / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||||
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| Credits (ECTS): | 3 | ||||
| Languages: | English | ||||
Location of Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
Objectives:
- To understand how to evaluate the effects of medicines and therapeutic interventions both during drug development and clinical use
- To know the main methodological and ethical characteristics and limitations of randomized clinical trials
- To understand the differences between efficacy and effectiveness
- To know the basic concepts and classification of the pharmacoepidemiological studies designed to evaluate therapeutic interventions
- To identify information gaps in selected therapeutic areas (e.g. cardiovascular, psychiatry, diabetes care)
Lecturers
Trainers' team
Janice Fuller (from Amgen NV), Prof. Joan-Ramon Laporte, Joseph-Maria Castel, Albert Figueras [module coordinator], Eduard Diogène (from Fundació Institut Catalá de Farmacologia - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Ralph Schimmer, Jamie Robinson, Marie-France Saint-Marc Girardin, Rebecca Emmons (from F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd) and Ulf Bergman (from Karolinska Institutet)
Contents
Topics
- The knowledge-building process of the effects of medicines during their development and clinical use
- Basic methodological issues of randomized clinical trials (RCT)
- Basic RCT appraisal: extrapolation of RCTs results to clinical practice
- Overview of studies to detect and to evaluate the risk associated with therapeutic interventions. Scope, uses and limitations
- Examples of gaps in clinical information from selected therapeutic areas (e.g. cardiovascular, psychiatry, diabetes)
- Introduction to the study of the use of medicines in clinical practice
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
Educational prerequisite for this module certificate programme:
- Graduate degree or working experience
This Eu2P Certificate programme specificity also requires trainees to
- be fluent in English
- have Internet access and ad hoc computer equipment and be familiar with their use
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Funding details
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