- Are you a pharmacy or medicine student with a special interest in clinical pharmacy?- Are you a recently graduated hospital pharmacist, or clinical practitioner whose job it is to deal with clinical trial regulations?- Are you a nurse who has been asked to act as a clinical research coordinator?- Are you a student in nursing interested in clinical research?- Or are you someone who is interested to learn more about drug development and clinical research, maybe in order to start a career in this field?- And are you prepared to follow a two week intensive summer course in Utrecht, the centre of The Netherlands?
Then this summer course is an opportunity for you! You will follow an intensive programme, visit a Dutch Clinical Research Organization, collaborate with other foreign students, and learn (much) more about the clinical development of new innovative drug products, its ethical aspects, regulations, and quality assurance. During the first week of the summer course the theory of clinical trials, history, ethics and regulations will be elaborated in various lectures, and the second week will be devoted to patient dossier monitoring, which belongs to the core business of a CRA, a clinical research associate.
The program also consists of role plays, debates and workshops, which will lead to better understanding of the ins and outs of the pharmaceutical industry in general and clinical drug development in particular. Some reactions from former participants:-'Very instructive course; will help me to find a job'-'Very useful information'-'Educative, well organized, nice environment'-'I achieved my objectives'-'Good combination of theoretical and practical aspects; hands on'
Period
04-07-2011 - 15-07-2011 (2 weeks)
Target group
Students or recent graduates in pharmacy, medicine, nursing and allied health studies, interested in (clinical) drug development or in starting a career in clinical monitoring.
Course aim
To communicate in English within a clinical context. To explain the implications of applicable laws, rules, ethics, regulations and guidelines to the design, implementation and evaluation of clinical trials. To be able to monitor the conduction of a clinical trial and to report your findings -To communicate as a CRA (clinical research associate).
Credits
5.0 ECTS credits+ Certificate of Attendance
Course fee
EUR 1095. Course + course materials + housing
EUR 760. Course + course materials
Course leader
Dr A. A. van Dooren, M.Ed
Scholarships
Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course.
Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400
Clinical Research Monitoring
