Medical Student Research Project I 1 Credits/Maximum of 1

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to the basic principles of clinical and translational research in preparation for future clinical practice and also introduce students to the medical student research program at Penn State College Medicine. It will prepare them for the later creation of their research proposal and report on the required medical student research project. Research ethics is an important part of this course, including how to protect human research subjects and how to maintain research integrity in the face of common challenges. Students will learn how to conduct an effective literature search strategy using databases of the published biomedical literature. In short, this course will provide the basic knowledge and tools necessary to successfully navigate the clinical and translational research environment.