Designing Clinical Research

3.0 credits

Designing Clinical Research lays the foundation for understanding practical aspects of conducting clinical research in an academic environment. This course is an introduction to the process of clinical research, defined broadly as patient-oriented, translational, epidemiologic, outcomes, or health/dental services research (i.e., any research that has individual human beings or groups of human beings as its unit of observation). Students will have exposure to concepts for designing and interpreting clinical research, primarily accomplished by instructing students in the creation of a research protocol intended to address a relevant research question in their specific area of interest. (Fall)