COMSTECH & Maroof International Hospital

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International Training in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

September 23 – 24, 2021

Venue: COMSTECH Auditorium Islamabad, 33 Constitution Ave, G-5/2 G-5, Islamabad, Pakistan

Duration & Timings:

Thursday September 23^rd, 2021 to Friday September 24^th, 2021

Modality:

Hybrid i.e. Face to face session at COMSTECH Secretariat/Zoom based interactive discussions.
Limited physical Participation is only for residents of Rawalpindi and Islamabad or any other who can arrange their accommodation and transport.

Learning objectives

Through a case-based learning approach:

Highlighting the importance of ethical practices
Illustrating the concepts of internal & external validity
Enabling participants to employ descriptive & inferential statistics
Equipping the participants with analytical skills for critical appraisal
Tooling participants with steps of proposal writing and budgeting

Topics

Equipoise and ethics
Formulating a research question
Inclusion and exclusion criteria, primary and secondary outcome measures
Randomization techniques & pitfalls
Blinding and allocation concealment
Sample size calculation
Inferential statistics
CONSORT statement for conducting & reporting of RCTs
Proposal writing & budgeting
Critical appraisal and applicability to practice

Target Audience:

Physicians, Medical students, nurses, pharmacists, biologist & allied health care research professionals

Registration:

Pl. register at https://forms.gle/6qzbryvVJEVvFntCA. Candidates will be updated about their registration request through their email.

MUST: Use the following link to download reference material including the required case-based study articles: http://tiny.cc/InternationalTrainingRCTs

Flyer : click here
Technical Program : click here

Course Director:

Prof. K. H. Mujtaba Quadri
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine & Nephrology
Certified: Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (Harvard),
Chair Research and Head of Nephrology

Lead Facilitators:

Prof. Mobeen Iqbal
(MBBS, Diplomate American Board of IM, Pulmonary and Critical Care, MHPE (Keele), Certified: Quantitative Research Methodology (Harvard), MIH Islamabad
Dr. Waqar Hafeez
(MBBS, Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, CCRP), MIH Islamabad
Dr. Shamail Anwar
(MBBS, FCPS (OBGYN), CCRP), MIH Islamabad
Dr. Ammad Fahim
(MBBS, PhD, CCRP), MIH Islamabad
Dr. Imad ud din Saqib
(MBBS, CCRP), MIH Islamabad
Ms. Kholood Janjua
(Pharm-D, MS. Bio-Medical Sciences, Diplomate American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, CCRP), NUST Islamabad
Dr. Rehma Gilani
(MBBS, MPH, Certified: Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (Harvard), NUMS Rawalpindi
Ms. Maham Zahid
(Pharm-D, MPH, Certified: Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (Harvard), NUMS Rawalpindi

Course Coordinators:

Ms. Khazima Muazim, COMSTECH Islamabad
Syed Mufasser Shah, MIH Islamabad

Contact:

Ms. Khazima Muazim (Program Manager, COMSTECH):
Address: COMSTECH Secretariat, 33-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad
Phone No. : 92 51 9220681-3
Email: Khazima@comstech.org ; comstech@comstech.org