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
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Epidemiology |
Biostatistics |
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Design and analysis of randomized trials |
Descriptive statistics |
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Intention-to-treat analyses |
Interpretation of confidence intervals and p-values |
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Subgroup analyses |
Hypothesis testing and statistical error |
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Measures of disease frequency |
Study power and its determinants |
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Causal inference |
Linear and log-link regression |
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Cross-sectional and cohort studies |
Survival data |
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Case-control studies |
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Confounding and methods for control |
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Principles of screening and diagnosis |
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Biases in studies of screening |
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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
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DATE |
COURSE WEEK |
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February 7 |
1 |
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February 14 |
2 |
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February 21 |
Winter break |
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February 28 |
3 |
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March 7 |
4 |
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March 14 |
5 |
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March 21 |
6 |
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March 28 |
7 |
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April 4 |
8 |
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April 11 |
Spring break |
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April 18 |
9 |
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April 25 |
10 |
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May 2 |
11 |