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Clinical Trials Specialist

Courses

The Clinical Trials Specialist apprenticeship is taught at undergraduate level.  As per the apprenticeship standard, there are five specialisms, chosen and realised in Stage 3.

The degree requires that students take courses to the value of 360 credits across three years.

The courses that run in each academic year are subject to change in line with faculty availability and student demand so there is no guarantee every course will be delivered. For further information, please see here and speak to your admissions contact.

Year 1

  • Introduction to Clinical Trials (15 credits)
  • Applied Cell Biology (15 credits)
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (15 credits)
  • The Project Lifecycle
  • Drug Discovery and Development (Including Pharmacology) (15 credits)
  • Human Physiology and Pathophysiology (15 credits)
  • Regulatory Environment in Clinical Trials (30 credits) 

Year 2

  • IT Project Management (15 credits)
  • Infection and Allergy (Including Applied Microbiology) (15 credits) 
  • Oncology (15 credits) 
  • Cell and Gene Therapy (15 credits)
  • Industrialisation, Manufacturing and Health Economics (15 credits)
  • Trial Master File and eSystems (15 credits)
  • Biological Samples (15 credits) 
  • Statistical Principles applied to Clinical Trials (15 credits)

Year 3

End point assessment and project’ induction

  • Critical Thinking and Ethics (15 credits)
  • Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (15 credits) 
  • Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (15 credits)
  • Frontier Topics in Bioscience (15 credits)
  • Business and Change Management (15 credits)
  • Clinical Trials Research Project (60 credits)