390.675.01
Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Clinical Investigation
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Tuesday, 5:30 - 8:30pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
John W. Robinson
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introductory biostatistics course sequence (e.g., 140.611-612 or 140.621-623), SOCI student, or consent of instructor.
Provides an overview of outcomes and effectiveness research. Emphasizes conceptual, design, and analytical aspects of research, rather than particular findings or policy implications. Covers both experimental (randomized) and observational designs, with greater emphasis on the latter. Examines alternative approaches to addressing confounding in controlled observational studies. Explores methods for evaluating the effectiveness of patient-level interventions (e.g., treatments and procedures), as well as methods for evaluating the effectiveness of providers and provider-level interventions (including by application of multilevel models). Considers a wide range of outcomes, including time to event outcomes (survival analysis), cost of care (cost-effectiveness analysis), and patient-reported outcomes.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Develop skills needed to critically evaluate outcomes and effectiveness research
- Craft a preliminary design for an outcomes or effectiveness study
- Describe the strengths and weaknesses of various experimental and observational study designs
- Recognize how various statistical approaches reflect and illuminate study aims
- Describe a wide variety of approaches to outcomes and effectiveness investigation
Fifth in a five-course series in the science of clinical investigation.