This collection of resources and courses has been put together by students who have completed them. It highlights some modules and tools they found most helpful for understanding and applying trial design and analysis. A practical, student-informed guide to support your continued learning.
Trial Design & Clinical Trials Methodology
- Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs (Free Online Training) – ERS-ECRAID initiative, ERS Respiratory Channel
- Clinical Trials | Short Courses – UCL (University College London)
Link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/short-courses/search-courses/clinical-trials - Chief Investigator Course – University of Liverpool
Link: https://payments.liv.ac.uk/short-courses/short-courses-at-liverpool/institute-of-psychology-health-and-society/uol-internal-clinical-trial-training-for-investigator - Leveraging External Information in Clinical Trials (Bayesian Statistics) – Newcastle University
- 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods (6–21 August 2026, In person)
Statistics & Quantitative Methods
- Bayesian Statistics – MRC Biostatistics Unit
- Using Simulation Studies to Evaluate Statistical Methods – UCL
Link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/short-courses/search-courses/using-simulation-studies-evaluate-statistical-methods - Introduction to Logistic Regression – University of Liverpool
Link: https://payments.liv.ac.uk/short-courses/short-courses-at-liverpool/institute-of-psychology-health-and-society/introduction-to-logistic-regression
Qualitative Research Methods
- Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (Week-long course) – University of Oxford Link: https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-courses-in-qualitative-research-methods/introduction-to-qualitative-research-methods
- Applied Qualitative Research Methods – University of Plymouth Link: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/cpd/applied-qualitative-research-methods
- Qualitative Research Short Courses – University of Oxford
Link: https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-courses-in-qualitative-research-methods
Patient & Public Involvement (PPI)
Health Economics
- Health Economics Training Courses – Health Economics Research Centre (HERC), University of Oxford Link: https://www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-courses/herccourses
Academic Writing, Publishing & Peer Review
- Academic Publishing Training for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) – University of Aberdeen (includes mentor/mentee programme and peer review training)
- Academic Writing and Publishing (Writing a Journal Article) – Equator Network
Link: https://www.equator-network.org/category/events/courses-and-workshops/ - Nature Article on Peer Review Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06991-0
- Taylor & Francis Reviewer Guidelines Link: https://editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/reviewer-guidelines/
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