The following courses are all available through the c4c Academy Platform.
The courses are exclusively reserved for the c4c Consortium, kindly contact your National Hub, if you wish to participate.
Accredited Courses
Advanced Course on Paediatric Clinical Trials & Paediatric Drug Development
This course aims to educate healthcare professionals about the scientific, methodological and practical issues of the design, conduct, analysis & management of clinical trials in paediatrics.
Enrol: 1st April – 15th May 2023
Paediatric
GCP Course
This basic online course addresses the core elements of GCP, including issues specific to paediatric clinical trials.
Enrol Anytime!
Paediatric GCP
Refresher Course
The course is designed for clinical research personnel, who have already taken the c4c GCP Course to refresh their knowledge.
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Good Clinical Practice related courses
Audit & Inspection Readiness
This course is on how an inspection (or an audit) should be prepared for and conducted by staff of a clinical trial site.
Enrolment date: TBC
Monitoring
Paediatrics Trials
This course focuses on the monitoring aspects of paediatric clinical trials, including the role of the monitor (CRA), site staff responsibilities, monitoring plans and study specific procedures (SSP).
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Obtaining Informed Consent & Assent
This course focuses on the process to obtain informed consent and assent during paediatric clinical trials.
Enrol: 23rd Jan – 5th Feb 2023*
*plus 14 days “extraordinary enrolment phase” ending on 19th Feb 2023
The Role of Research Nurses
The course focuses on the role of Research Nurses in paediatric clinical trials.
Enrol: 6th – 31st March 2023*
*extraordinatory enrolment phase ending on 9th April 2023
Trial Start Up
This course provides a general overview of activities required to start paediatric clinical trials in sites, in line with international and European standards, taking into account the specific guidelines for trials involving children.
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c4c Academy - Short Courses
Developmental Pharmacology
This course will present the key aspects of developmental pharmacology, covering the impact of growth and maturation on drug disposition, effects on dosage selection and evaluation in the different paediatric age groups.
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Gene Therapy Trials
This self-learning course gives an overview of some key features of gene therapy clinical trials and how the set-up of these trials can differ from other clinical trials.
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Innovative Clinical
Trial Design
This course provides an introduction to various types of innovative clinical trial design, including adaptive designs, platform trials & precision medicine approaches.
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Involving Children & Families
in Clinical Trial Design
This course aims to enable students to identify activities in the development of clinical trials in which patients can contribute. Students will learn about the design of appropriate methodology and impact assessment.
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Paediatric Investigation Plans
This course provides the learner with knowledge of the key concepts of a Paediatric Investigation Plan (PIP).
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