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Clinical Trialists of the Future: the CONSCIOUS II Project
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The three-year CONSCIOUS II project aimed to fill a gap in the training of clinical trialists of the future. The aim of this presentation is to describe the journey of the of the project and the curriculum as its output, helping to make the curriculum visible and accessible to the widest possible range of potential users. A broadly multidisciplinary team collaborated on curriculum development. The first step was conceptualizing key principles and ideas in relation to the target population. This was followed by creating the outlines providing a clear framework and context. Based on the outlines, the curriculum materials themselves were developed. A parallel step was working on the design and promotional materials. All materials then formed the basis for the flipped classroom pilot course. A 12-chapter curriculum divided into three thematic clusters and encompassing approximately 70 hours of asynchronous training was created in the CONSCIOUS II project. The chapters, along with additional resources and recordings from the pilot course, are freely available on the CONSCIOUS II training platform which further supports the integration and distribution of the curriculum within existing educational programs. The CONSCIOUS II curriculum combining asynchronous and synchronous components effectively addresses the gap in developing core competencies for the 21st-century clinical researchers. The implementation of this curriculum has the potential to improve the quality of investigator-initiated trials. |
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