A definitive guide to the building blocks of clinical research
Designing Clinical Research guides learners through the essential components of designing, conducting and interpreting clinical research. A self-guided version of this course is available for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit.
Concepts covered
- Hypotheses
- Specific aims
- Enrollment criteria
- Study designs
- Sample size estimation & power calculations
- Study measurements
- Data analysis
- Research ethics
Course objectives
- State the research question and describe critical elements of the study, including its design, participants, measurements, estimated sample size, and ethical issues
- Identify inferences that may be drawn from the findings of clinical research studies
- Draft a six to seven-page clinical research protocol for use in a proposed research project
Who might be interested
- Clinical researchers who aim to improve the design of research studies
- Clinicians who aim to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of studies published in clinical literature
- Clinical research coordinators and other clinical research staff
- Medical students & residents interested in research careers
- Healthcare professionals
- Community health professionals
- Biotech & pharmaceutical industry research staff
