The Royal College of Pathologists is hosting the second of an annual workshop series in conjunction with the National Cancer Research Institute’s CM-Path initiative. This workshop will provide key information to pathologists who are keen to get involved in clinical research; to include an introduction to navigating the academic career pathway, quality assurance in clinical trials, statistics and clinical trial design.
We welcome trainees and established consultants with an interest in clinical research.
An excellent course. This is an important area and we need more events like this. Workshop attendee, December 2016
Programme
09.30 Registration and Coffee
10.00 Getting into Clinical Trials: Tales of a Former Trainee Dr Nick West
10.30 Overview of NCRI Clinical Studies groups – experience of a CSG pathologist Dr Abeer Shaaban
10.45 Awareness of CSGs – Survey Results Dr Dennis Zhang
11.00 Coffee
Quality Assurance in Clinical Trials
11.15 Regulation and accreditation of laboratories undertaking trial work, Dr Owen Driskell
11.40 Scoring and reporting – guidance for laboratories undertaking trial work Dr Max Robinson
12.05 Use and validation of digital pathology and imaging for clinical trials and research Professor Clare Verrill
12.30 Panel discussion
13.00 Lunch & networking
14.15 NIHR Costing for Trials – Where to Start? Mr Phillip Good
14.40 CT-PAG: Providing Advice for Pathology in Clinical Trials Professor Craig Robson
15.10 Trial Design and Statistics for Beginners Professor Judith Bliss
15.40 Discussion and close