340.655.01
Introduction to Clinical Research
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
6
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 9:00am - 4:30pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Course Instructor(s)
Steven Goodman
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Students must preregister and prior submission of an abstract for a research project
Provides an intensive two-week introduction to clinical research methods, emphasizing epidemiological, biostatistical, and computing methods. Hand-outs and homework exercises provided at each session.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define a research question
- Describe the steps involved in conducting clinical research
- Review and evaluate the main study designs used in clinical research: case-control, cohort, clinical trials, cross-sectional, metanalyses
- Explain the basis of statistical analyses of clinical research studies
- Describe the methodological basis of diagnostic and prognostic testing
- Prepare and review a research project
Enrollment Restriction
K-12, GTPCI, Clinical Epid students
Participants need to register with the Course Coordinator, Roxanne Stambaugh,rstamba1@jhmi.edu.