Preclinical and clinical research

Postgraduate type

Professional Master Programme

Academic year

2024/2025

Duration

1 year

Level

Second level

Language

Italian and english

Area

Healthcare

In summary

Opening of applications

25/06/2024

Closing of applications

15/11/2024

Hub

distance learning

Application calls and forms

Link to the call

https://www.unipr.it/master-universitari-20242025

Further information

ECTS credits

Cost

€ 2.516,00

Access requirements

Master’s degree in Biotechnology (Class LM-07/LM-08/LM-09), Biological Sciences (Class LM-06), Pharmacy and Industrial Pharmacy (Class LM-13), Chemical Sciences (Class LM-54), Physics (Class LM-17), Agricultural Sciences and Technologies (Class LM-69), Informatics (Class LM-18), Mathematics (Class LM-40), Engineering (Class LM-21/LM-22), Food Science and Technology (Class LM-70), Business Economics (LM-77), Law (Class LMG-01), Medicine and Surgery (Class LM-41), Medicine and Veterinary (Class LM-42).
The Course is open to holders of the following classes: Medicine and Surgery (46/S), Veterinary Medicine (47/S), Pharmacy and Industrial Pharmacy (14/S), Agricultural Biotechnology (7/S), Industrial Biotechnology (8/S), Medical Biotechnology, Veterinary and pharmaceutical (9/S), Industrial biotechnology (8/S), Medical, veterinary and pharmaceutical biotechnology (9/S) Biology (6/S), Human nutrition (69/S), Chemical sciences (62/S), Physics (20/S), Agricultural sciences and technologies (77/S)Agrofood Sciences and Technologies (78/S), Informatics (23/S), Mathematics (45/S), Biomedical Engineering (26/S), Economics (64/S), Business Economics (84/S), Law (22/S).
Old order degrees equivalent to those mentioned above.

Further qualifications may be evaluated by the Executive Committee on the basis of scientific-cultural affinities with the subjects proposed in the Master, also taking into account the CV submitted by the candidate.

Auditors

Contact for educational information

Telephone number 3513373652 or 0521 702742 (mo, we, th fr 10-13 e 15-17)

Email: ctu.pediatriaparma@gmail.com

Beginning of teaching activities

January 2025

Methods of implementation

Remote lessons in synchronous and asynchronous mode

Educational content

The modules are structured with e-learning lessons and interactive forums to provide participants with adequate and qualified preparation for the execution and coordination of activities related to preclinical and clinical research.

In particular, the Master will provide the necessary skills related to:

    rules for carrying out animal and laboratory model research;
    pre-clinical research phases;
    drug design and advanced therapies;
    phases of clinical research and special focus on Phase I;
    start-up of clinical studies;
    monitoring and conducting studies in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and current regulations;
    coordination with data processing centres and support for the work of investigators;
    collection, processing, management and storage of clinical data;
    reporting and management of adverse events;
    care of the relationships with the local and external authorizations organs to the experimentation center;
    management of regulatory and bioethical aspects related to pre-clinical and clinical studies;
    legal aspects of contracts, privacy, data ownership and patents;
    meaning of informed consent;
    basis for sample calculation and statistical analysis;
    concepts of pharmacoeconomics;
    Health Technology Assessment;
    execution of a bibliographic search and the bases for the writing of a scientific article;
    role of patients and their associations.

Admission procedure

chronological order

Minimum number of enrollments

Maximum number of enrollments

Professional profile

The Master is aimed at training professionals able to:

plan and follow all stages of pre-clinical and clinical trials;
critically analyse research results and present them to the scientific community.