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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)
  • Molecules and Cells (30 credits)
  • The Project Lifecycle (15 credits)
  • Physiology, Pharmacology and Drug Development (30 credits)
  • Regulatory Environment in Clinical Trials (30 credits) 

Year 2

  • Intorduction to Computational Biomedicine (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)
  • Statistical Principles Applied to Clinical Trials (15 credits)
  • Trial Master File and E-Systems (15 credits)
  • Biological Samples (15 credits) 

Year 3

  • Critical Thinking and Ethics (15 credits)
  • Frontier Topics in Analytical, Digital and Biomedical Technologies (15 credits)
  • Business and Change Management (15 credits)
  • Clinical Trials Research Project (60 credits)