Workshop on ‘An Overview of Good Clinical Practice’ - Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences

Sl no	Particulars in field	Inputs
1	Event Name	Workshop on ‘An Overview of Good Clinical Practice’
2	Organizing Department/Committee	Department of Pharmacology and AIMS Institutional Ethics Committee
3	Type of event	NMC mandated training for PG students
4	Level of event	Institutional
5	Collaboration/Accreditation	None
6	Date and duration	5.2.2025 (8.30am to 1 pm)
7	Venue	Global Broadcasting Centre, AIMS
8	Details of the delegates/target audience	PG students of 2022-23 batch
9	Total number of delegates attended	54
10	Objectives of the event	1. To provide an overview of the good clinical practices to be adhered to while conducting clinical research 2. To familiarize the participants with ethical review procedures 3. To provide an insight in to the “Informed Consent Document” and the method to prepare it 4. To train the students to include all the relevant contents in a research protocol 5. To educate the students about clinical trials and the documentation required
11	Brief report of the event	The program started at 8:30 AM. Registration of the participants was completed by 9:15 AM. The scientific session started at 9:15 AM. A pretest was conducted for the participants. Two scientific sessions were conducted namely “Ethics in clinical research” by Dr Ramesh HS, Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology followed by “Ethical review procedures” by Dr Vinaya M, Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmacology.” The inauguration function followed with Dr Dhanalakshmi, HOD, Dept of Microbiology as the chief guest. Invocation song was sung by Ms. Utpala, 2^nd year MBBS student. This was followed by 2 more scientific sessions “Clinical trials and Informed Consent Process” by Dr Vinay HR, Associate Professor, Dept of Psychiatry and “Clinical Research Protocol and Documentation” by Dr Raghavendra SK, Prof and i/c HOD, Dept of Community medicine. This was followed by post test and vote of thanks by Dr Vagdevi HR, Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology.
12	Feedback analysis	The participants found the topics to be relevant. They believed they are going to use the information gained in the workshop for clinical research. They were happy with the venue and they found that the program was well organized and was for the adequate time.
13	Outcome	1. The participants would be able to conduct clinical research with relevance to the good clinical practice guidelines. 2. The participants would be able to construct the informed consent document which is mandatory for ethical clearance. 3. The participants would be aware of ethical review procedures. 4. The participants would be familiar with the contents of clinical research protocol and would be better equipped to construct a complete and an adequate protocol.