Webinar: Prof. Monica Taljaard – Introduction to cluster randomised and stepped wedge trial designs

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The learning objectives of this webinar are:

• Recognize what cluster randomized and stepped wedge trials are
• Understand the concept of intracluster correlation and its implications for trial design and analysis
• Describe potential risks of bias and strategies for reducing these risks in cluster randomized and stepped wedge trials
• Identify key advantages and disadvantages of stepped wedge cluster randomized designs
• Know where to find additional tools and resources for designing cluster randomized and stepped wedge trials

Speaker:

Prof. Monica Taljaard is a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and Full Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Her main research interests are in the design, analysis and ethics of pragmatic and cluster randomized trials. As a methodologist with the Ottawa Methods Centre, she works with clinicians and researchers from a variety of backgrounds in the design and analysis of their studies including clinical trials and observational studies. She is Deputy Editor of Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials.