UKTMN Monthly Bulletin

January 2025

UKTMN Annual Conference 2025

Registration is now open for the UKTMN Annual Conference 2025, which will take place in person in Newcastle on Tuesday, 3 June 2025. The programme includes keynote speakers, UKTMN member presentations, parallel sessions, and member poster presentations. This one-day conference provides a valuable opportunity to connect, share knowledge, and explore innovative developments in trial management.

Attendance for the 2025 conference is priced at £150, which includes access to the full conference, as well as refreshments and lunch. Places are available on a first-come, first-served basis

 For more information and to secure your place, CLICK HERE

We look forward to seeing you there!

UKTMN Training courses

The next UKTMN training course is now fully booked. If you would like to attend this course, you can join a waiting list for spaces on the current dates or you can join a priority list; meaning you will be the first to know any future course dates. If you would like to join a waiting list or priority list for any UKTMN training courses, please email [email protected]

UKTMN Training: How to be a Good Trial Manager

FULLY BOOKED 

Thursday 24 April 2025, online training, half day, 10am to 1pm

Click here to find out more about UKTMN training

Thank you to those who completed the recent UKTMN Training survey. The responses are currently being reviewed by the UKTMN Training Group to help prioritise and deliver training provision.

As always, if you have any ideas for courses you’d like

NIHR Fellowships - please respond

Fellowships are personal awards to support researchers at key transition points in their careers. The funding helps develop your skills, and the new knowledge you generate also strengthens the scientific community and helps it respond effectively to current and future challenges in medical research.

We are asking all UKTMN members to complete a short online form to indicate their interest (or not) in learning more about NIHR fellowships. Depending on the response we receive, we will investigate the opportunity to hold an event to share further information for those interested in finding out more. Please complete the form by 19 February 2025.

Click here to respond

UKTMN Forum updates

The UKTMN Forum serves as a platform for members to share knowledge by posting questions and engaging in discussions. Please see below some of the currently unanswered questions from the forum.

Questions posted on the UKTMN Forum:  

• Medical Record Reviews
• Using a food supplement in a trial - GMP product?
• Creating a Medical Monitoring Plan
• How to pay MHRA for a device study submission
• IMP labelling
• Costing for care/work reimbursement
• REDCap for Patient Consent

Please respond to any of the posts listed above, and utilise the UKTMN Forum as a platform to share knowledge and support your peers. 

External Events & Training

Below, you will find a list of upcoming external events, shared on behalf of organisations/groups in the research community:

Clinical Trials Management Crash Course (On behalf of the University of Oxford)

14-16 October 2025 9:00am - 17:00pm 

The team at the Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit, University of Oxford, have developed a new Clinical Trials Management course for working professionals. The course will take a practical look at clinical trial management and is open to anyone involved in clinical trials, whatever your grade, experience, or background. The tutors will take you through the real world of clinical trials with talks and interactive workshops to help you develop the skills needed to run trials to time, target, and budget.

For more information, and to register, please click here:

2nd Contemporary Clinical Trials Methodology Meeting (On behalf of Imperial College London)

2-3 April 2025 10:00am-16:00pm

Do you work in clinical trials and want to find out about the latest in the design and delivery of contemporary trials? Join Imperial for sessions that will dive into practical insights, including real-world examples and in-depth discussions.

For more information, and to register, please click here:

NIHR Webinar: Working and staying flexible

27 February 1pm - 2pm 

Discover how agile working and staying flexible can benefit performance, patients, research and wellbeing at our webinar from 1-2pm on 27 February. You’ll also learn about the benefits that uncertainty can bring and how to be comfortable with discomfort

For more information, and to register, please click here:

NIHR Webinar: Inspiring others with a clean vision

13 March 1pm - 2pm

Learn how to inspire others and provide teams with motivation to deliver on both short and longer term goals at our webinar on 13 March from 1-2pm. Attend to find out how inspired teams emerge when colleagues resonate with the strategic direction, find their tasks achievable and share a collective responsibility for creating a meaningful impact. 

For more information, and to register, please click here:

NIHR Workshop: Optimising performance 

11 March 1pm - 4pm 

 you will need to apply by 20 February 2025 to take part 

Learn how to optimise your performance by prioritisation, protection and preparation. During this 3-hour workshop you will:

• discover a new way to plan and prioritise your tasks
• learn how to set boundaries to protect yourself and your time
• understand how to feel prepared in an ever changing, uncertain environment

For more information, and to register, please click here:

If you would like to share an event that you believe would be useful for the UKTMN members, please do get in touch via our email [email protected]

External Study Opportunity  

On behalf of MRC Clinical Trials Unit 

Participants needed

We are looking for Clinical Trials Unit Staff that work on CTIMP trials and are involved in safety reporting to participate in a study exploring the impact of safety reporting processes on staff workload.

The aim of this study is to begin building an evidence base from which to develop tools and methods to improve the efficiency of safety reporting in clinical trials reducing workload burden for trials staff, whilst maintaining patient safety. 

  
Participation is voluntary and the discussions in the groups will be confidential.

  You can access the participant information sheet here:

 Focus groups will take place via MS Teams on the following dates:

27-Feb-2025 at 2:00pm

4-March-2025 at 2:00pm

For more information or to register your interest in participating, please contact:
Jemima Thompson
E: [email protected]
T: 0203 987 2143
Please specify which date(s) you are able to attend. 

External survey opportunity 

Exploring Opportunities and Challenges to Supporting Trialists’ Behaviours for Greener Trials 

on behalf of a TMRP funded project

With an aim to reduce the carbon footprint of clinical trials, we are conducting a survey to understand trialists’ views on factors influencing their behaviours that will enable the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of greener trials. By greener trials, we mean designing and delivering trials without unnecessary and unjustified carbon output. We would greatly appreciate it if any members could complete our online survey.

The survey will take about 15 to 20 minutes to complete. All data collected in the survey will be confidentially and securely stored on computer servers maintained by the University of Aberdeen. Details of the survey are available in a Participant Information Leaflet.

Any questions can be directed to  [email protected]

UKTMN needs YOU!

UKTMN’s activities and resources are built upon members sharing their expertise, which significantly shapes our content. We are currently seeking volunteers to contribute to UKTMN initiatives—your experience and insights are invaluable to your peers!

There are several ways to get involved, including presenting a webinar, providing a career case study, or writing a blog post based on your professional experiences.

Last year, we introduced career case studies to highlight the varied career paths in trial management, offering inspiration to UKTMN members. We welcome members from all backgrounds to share their career journeys, regardless of experience level or pathway.

If you’re interested in any of these volunteer opportunities or would like more information, please email us at [email protected].

Did you know...

We have added 2 new trial management vacancy to our JOB PAGE