Day 1
09:30–10:30 Basic concepts and designs, PubMed and Registry of clinical trials.
10:30–11:00 Practical session 1- revision of t-tests and non-parametric tests in R.
Coffee break
11:30–12:30 Basic trial analyses.
12:30–13:00 Practical session 2 - examples on basic analyses.
Lunch break
14:00–15:00 Randomisation methods.
15:00–15:30 Practical Session 3:randomisation in R.
Coffee break
16:00–17:00 Power and sample size calculations part 1.
17:00–17:30 Practical Session 4 - R facilities for power and sample sizes.
Day 2
09:30–10:30 Sample sizes part 2.
10:30–11:00 Practical session 5 - web-based sample size facilities.
Coffee break
11:30–12:30 Multiplicity: problems and remedies.
12:30–13:00 Practical session 6 - Catch-up session on earlier practicals.
Lunch break
14:00–15:00 Cross-over trials.
15:00–15:30 Practical Session 7 - Parametric and non-parametric analyses of cross-over trials.
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Binary data.
17:00 – 17:30 Practical Session 8 - Logistic regression and miscellanea.
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