Designing Outcomes and Clinical Research

3 units

This course covers how to select a clinical research question, outline a research protocol, and execute a clinical study. Topics include: subject selection, observational and experimental study designs, sample size estimation, clinical measurement, bias and confounding, and data management. The course is designed for health care professionals who wish to conduct patient-oriented clinical research. Students incorporate research design concepts into their own research proposal. The course consists of lectures, weekly problem sets, weekly reading assignments, outlining a research protocol, and a final exam.