Randomized Controlled Trial | Study designs | Epidemiology in Minutes | EpiMinutes 6

Randomized control trials (RCTs) are the best form of study designs involving primary data collection, especially for finding any association between exposure and outcome. Although it cannot be applied for all exposures or interventions, and can be quite time and resource consuming. In this mini-presentation of EpiMinutes, I am giving a brief overview of the very basics of RCTs, with an example. I hope this will be helpful as an introduction to this very robust but challenging study design.

Also, I thought that I would keep the video on so that you could see me and put my name on a face! 😊

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Resources used in this presentation:

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Designing a research project: randomized controlled trials and their principles
JM Kendall

Single-Dose Azithromycin for the Treatment of Cholera in Adults
Debasish Saha, Mohammad M. Karim, Wasif A. Khan, Sabeena Ahmed, Mohammed A. Salam, Michael L. Bennish

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Kazi's brief biography:

Dr Kazi Mizanur Rahman is a medical graduate (Dhaka Medical College, University of Dhaka), with post-graduate qualifications in epidemiology (MS Epidemiology, Harvard University) and population health (PhD, Australian National University). Dr Rahman worked for more than a decade at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh as a public health researcher. He also taught at James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University for five years. In Australia, since finishing his PhD in 2015, Kazi has been working as an epidemiologist both in academia and program with a focus on protection and promotion of health at the population level.

[AbhijitChowdhury]

Great to see you! Great video as usual.

[sifat]

Excellent!! Everything becomes so clear after following your lectures. Jazak Allah khairan Dr.

[TUKEILUCY-ccdq]

Very excellent explanation easy to understand with relevant befitting examples.

[alifanasrin]

Thanks a lot - for making easy understanding video.

[omychin]

Thanks for video!, how can i calculate my population to investigate?

[carletonbate]

At around the 7:16/18 min, you say (encircling on the slide) that the investigator assigns who gets what treatment. If the investigator assigns who gets what, doesn’t that make it a quasi experimental design? Since the participants are not randomly assigned to the groups. Since you went ahead to mention randomization, I can only assume it’s a language sth and u meant to say something else.

[dmmonirulislam]

আসসালামু আলাইকুম, স্যার বাংলায় একটা রেন্ডোমাইজ ভিডিও দেন