2011 Clinical Trials Methods Course
ACS Headquarters and the Wyndham Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
December 2–6, 2011
The American College of Surgeons’ Surgical Research Committee is pleased to announce the tenth offering of the Clinical Trials Methods Course, December 2-6, 2011, in Chicago.
Course Description And Objectives
The Clinical Trials Methods Course provides a five-day, intensive course based on four successfully conducted and published clinical trials that are used to teach the methodology of design and implementation of a controlled clinical trial. The course is recommended for surgeons who plan to engage in clinical research at a leadership level.
The course is designed to provide surgical investigators with the concepts necessary to:
- develop a protocol for a clinical trial that is fundable by a peer-reviewed agency
- understand the statistical concepts necessary to design a clinical trial
- understand the design and implementation issues unique to performing surgical trials
- foster collaborative efforts necessary to conduct a clinical trial
Expert faculty will use a combination of didactic lectures and hands-on approaches, such as break-out sessions, to apply concepts learned throughout the course, including the development of concepts and skills in the design, implementation, and analysis of randomized clinical trials’ funding mechanisms and budget development; outcomes (medical, patient-centered); and dissemination of results through publications. Small teams will also work closely with experienced surgeons and biostatisticians to develop group proposals for clinical trial.
Course participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own laptop (preferably with a working USB port and wireless Internet capability).
All participants are also expected to attend the entire course and remain until the conclusion.
What previous attendees have said about the Clinical Trials Methods Course:
“This course was instrumental in showing me what is necessary to conduct a successful clinical trial. I now know how much I grossly underestimated what I thought I knew about clinical trials.”
“Meeting other leaders in the field and developing potential collaborations with other surgeons in my specialty was very beneficial.”
“Gaining tools not only to write proposals but also to critically review literature was key. Despite countless lectures on critical review in the past, I feel like I finally get it with this course. Maybe it’s me but I think it is more a tribute to an excellent course. Thanks!”
For additional course details, please view the course brochure (1175K PDF)
Clinical Trials Methods Course article:
Read a recently published article on this course, written by the Course Chair, Kamal M.F. Itani, MD, FACS (175K PDF).
Questions:
Please contact Rhoby Tio, Administrator, Committees and Educational Programs, at rtio@facs.org or call 312-202-5319.
Revised November 22, 2011