Randomized Control Trials
1/2, 40-min lecture on randomized trials by Dr R Ramakrishnan (Lecture 25) for the Central Coordinated Bioethics Programme in India.
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1/2, 40-min lecture on randomized trials by Dr R Ramakrishnan (Lecture 25) for the Central Coordinated Bioethics Programme for India. The approximate starting points in minutes and seconds for each section of the lecture are shown below:
02:32 Hierarchy of study designs
04:30 Difference between observation and experiment
06:26 Interpretation of measures of association – chance, bias and confounding
09:20 Bias in epidemiological studies
09:45 Randomised trials
14:20 Phases of trials
19:24 Classification of Phase III trials
30:54 RCT assures comparability
32:44 Assuring methodological rigour in RCTs
35:30 Advantages of RCTs
37:28 Disadvantages of RCTs