Clinical Research Methods Course

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This fast-paced, comprehensive online course will teach fundamental concepts in epidemiology and biostatistics and apply these methods toward the interpretation of articles from the published literature.

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Overview

Fellows and junior faculty interested in clinical research are invited to join a fast-paced comprehensive online course in clinical research methods. This 11-week course is co-sponsored by the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics.

Course Director

Dr. Bryan Kestenbaum, professor (Nephrology)
brk@uw.edu

This course will teach fundamental concepts in epidemiology and biostatistics and apply these methods to the interpretation of articles from the published literature. The course will combine out-of-class reading and video content with synchronous weekly group problem-solving sessions and hands-on interpretation of research articles. 

Fellows selected to take the course must be committed to attending the course sessions and reviewing materials prior to each weekly session. Previous participants unanimously found the course to be helpful and instructive.

 

Course topics

Epidemiology

Biostatistics

Design and analysis of randomized trials

Descriptive statistics

Intention-to-treat analyses

Interpretation of confidence intervals and p-values

Subgroup analyses

Hypothesis testing and statistical error

Measures of disease frequency

Study power and its determinants

Causal inference

Linear and log-link regression

Cross-sectional and cohort studies

Survival data

Case-control studies

 

Confounding and methods for control

 

Principles of screening and diagnosis

 

Biases in studies of screening

 

Course format

This certificate  course will meet virtually on a weekly basis. All sessions will be held via Zoom.

The synchronous group sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM from February 7 through May 2 with holiday weeks off.

The synchronous sessions will alternate between problem-solving and journal article interpretation, include breakout rooms via Zoom, and run a maximum of 90 minutes (12 noon-1:30 pm) each week.

The asynchronous content will be via online videos and reading materials. 

2023 Course Schedule

DATE

COURSE WEEK

February 7

1

February 14

2

February 21

Winter break

February 28

3

March 7

4

March 14

5

March 21

6

March 28

7

April 4

8

April 11

Spring break

April 18

9

April 25

10

May 2

11