PHASE 3 INDEPENDENT READING AND RESEARCH IN MEDICINE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Engage in clinical research through an apprenticeship-style learning experience with a physician-scientist mentor. Audience: Graduate 2. Understand clinical research design by writing or contributing to a research proposal. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop skills in the analysis of clinical research data. Audience: Graduate 4. Develop a plan for communicating the results of the clinical research project. Audience: Graduate 5. Improve verbal and written communication skills by preparing findings to be able to present clinical research experience and results. Audience: Graduate 6. Formulate a hypothesis or specific objective if study does not involve hypothesis generating research. Audience: Graduate 7. Conduct a thorough literature review of the specific research question. Audience: Graduate 8. Select and apply statistical methodologies appropriate for the proposed analyses. Audience: Graduate 9. Interpret results correctly and in context of previous findings from literature review. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Engage in clinical research through an apprenticeship-style learning experience with a physician-scientist mentor. Audience: Graduate 2. Understand clinical research design by writing or contributing to a research proposal. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop skills in the analysis of clinical research data. Audience: Graduate 4. Develop a plan for communicating the results of the clinical research project. Audience: Graduate 5. Improve verbal and written communication skills by preparing findings to be able to present clinical research experience and results. Audience: Graduate 6. Formulate a hypothesis or specific objective if study does not involve hypothesis generating research. Audience: Graduate 7. Conduct a thorough literature review of the specific research question. Audience: Graduate 8. Select and apply statistical methodologies appropriate for the proposed analyses. Audience: Graduate 9. Interpret results correctly and in context of previous findings from literature review. Audience: Graduate