Target audience

The course is developed for:

Highly motivated clinicians or academics with an interest in a career in clinical investigation.
Participants with a clinical and/or research interest in heart failure.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the course, the participants are expected to be able to:

choose the adequate trial design to conduct an interventional study,
design a clinical trial which satisfies the requirements of the regulatory agencies,
choose and use key statistical methods for running randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials,
critically interpret data from randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.

Key dates:

09 April - course and grant application form opening
06 May - grant application deadline for PhD students
31 May - course and grant application form closing
Before end of June - candidates selected and invited to register
19 August – fast-track course application deadline for HFA members

Application to attend:

Candidates applying for this course are required to submit a set of documents online: CV, motivation letter and list of publications.

The number of seats being limited, the applications are then reviewed by the course directors who select participants based on their profile and motivation, while trying to achieve a balanced geographical distribution.

For members of the HFA, a fast-track application is possible until 19 August. Selection will be made and communicated on a regular basis until the course is full but no later than 4 weeks before its starting date. Applications are now closed!

Selected candidates will be invited to register to confirm their participation in the course. Unless a grant has been attributed, the following fees apply.

Registration fees (excl. 22% VAT):

HFA Silver, Gold and Fellow members : 750€
HFA Regular and non-HFA members : 1 000€
Local participants (without accommodation) : 410€

Registration includes:

Course participation
Catering
Up to two nights’ accommodation

N.B: travel is not included in the registration fee - we kindly inform you that these arrangements must be done on your side at your own expense.

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Grants:

The HFA provides a limited number of grants to applicants with scientific merits who are in the early stages of their career and/or coming from a low/middle-income country, and to PhD students. Selected grantees benefit from a free course registration as detailed above.

Important note for PhD students: grant application deadline is on Monday 06 May 2024 and you are required to upload a valid proof of enrolment for the current academic year of your educational institution. Certification and examination will be managed by Karolinska Institute.

The HFA Clinical Trials on Heart Failure Course has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 13 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

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