Clinical Research Methodology Credits: 3

Catalog description

This course trains the student to contribute to research design, planning, and implementation, and to manage and interpret health-related data. This course will provide a broad overview of clinical research in terms of definition, methodology, conduct and applications. The course will explore basic elements of clinical research including the hierarchy of clinical research design and the conduct of clinical research. Course topics include: conceiving the research question; study designs; questionnaire construction; research methodology; research ethics; human subjects requirements; the role of statistical analysis in clinical research; research proposal preparation; and research based on analysis of secondary data.