Title: Clinical Trials

Date: Friday August 11, 2017

Discipline: Ophthalmology

Attendees: The Egyptian Vitreo-Retinal Society.  FULLY subscribed

Venue: Marriott, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.

Supporter: Novartis Research Academy in collaboration with The Egyptian Center for Evidence Based Medicine

Chair: Prof. Ashraf Nabhan

• Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ain Shams University
• Director of the Egyptian Center for Evidence Based Medicine
• Co-chair of the HRP Alliance for Strengthening Research Capacity, WHO
• Associate Editor of Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth

Co-Chair: Dr. Marwah Anas El Wegoud

• Deputy Director of the Egyptian Center for Evidence Based Medicine
• Author and Referee at Cochrane Oral Health Group

Educational aim

The main educational aim of these programs is to offer a challenging, flexible scheme of study invigorated by research, which advances clinicians’ ability to develop academic and practical insights into the use of clinical trials. Clinicians will be encouraged to develop a range of transferable and subject specific expertise using their initiative and thinking out problems themselves. Specifically, the programs aim to:

1. develop knowledge and understanding of the key decisions surrounding the design, delivery and assessment of clinical trials;
2. encourage independent critical and evaluative skills that can be used to apply independent scientific judgment;
3. teach clinicians how to apply the conceptual and practical tools needed to initiate clinical trials.

The learning outcomes of the programs are as follows:

Knowledge, understanding, intellectual and cognitive

Clinicians will be able to:

1. understand clinical trial methodology including design, delivery and assessment;
2. demonstrate basic skills in handling clinical trial data;
3. develop detailed protocols for clinical trials;
4. evaluate critically a completed trial;
5. conduct further analysis of trials data and comment on results;
6. produce a well-structured and well-written report.

Transferable skills

Clinicians will be able to:

1. use creativity, innovation, and problem-solving skills in a range of situations;
2. have a capacity to handle ideas and scrutinize information in critical, evaluative and analytical ways.