Clinical Trials Methods Course

Save the Date! The next Clinical Trials Methods Course will be held November 13-17, 2009 at ACS Headquarters and the Wyndham Chicago Hotel

The Clinical Trials Methods Course is offered biennially, alternating year-to-year with the Outcomes Research Course.  The American College of Surgeons’ Surgical Research Committee sponsored the eighth Clinical Trials Methods Course in November 2007, at ACS headquarters and the Wyndham Chicago Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

This course teaches the methodology of design and implementation of a controlled clinical trial and is recommended for surgeons who plan to engage in clinical research at a leadership level.  Course content includes 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 publication.  Small teams work with experienced surgeons and biostatisticians to develop group proposals for clinical trials during the five-day course.

Course Objectives:

• To provide surgical investigators with the concepts necessary to develop a protocol for a clinical trial that is fundable by a peer-reviewed agency;
• To understand the statistical concepts necessary to design a clinical trial;
• To understand the design and implementation issues unique to performing surgical trials;
• To foster collaborative efforts necessary to conduct a clinical trial.

Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

Continuing Medical Education Credit
The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 32 hours in Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award.  Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity.

Staff
Mary T. Fitzgerald:  mfitzgerald@facs.org, 312-202-5319

  

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Revised June 27, 2008