Research Skills in Public Health and Medicine

Topics

• 1. Develop and define a research question. 2. Identify primary literature sources and managing literature citations using bibliographic management software (such as EndNote, RefWorks, or Zoltero). 3. Critically interpret information from peer reviewed medical, public health or social science literature. 4. Clean and manage datasets. 5. Appropriately visualize data & select appropriate statistical tests. 6. Execute & interpret basic statistical tests in R (bivariate, non-regression). 7. Execute & interpret regression analyses in R (bivariate & multivariate). 8. Develop a research protocol and consent form for study of human subjects. 9. Select appropriate laboratory, analytic, survey/questionnaire and other methods used in human research. 10. Conduct case-based analysis in areas of public health and medicine. 11. Create a "Table 1" for a paper.
• SKILLS: Critically reading the literature related to public health-related research SKILLS: Developing a research question and a testable hypothesis SKILLS: Creating a data analysis plan SKILLS: Developing a research protocol for human subjects SKILLS: Case-based approaches to problems relevant to human health and disease

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