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• Designing Outcomes and Clinical Research
• 3 credits, course #513, Fall Semester, Wednesdays 3:30–5:45 p.m., course dates TBA, Brian Gage, MD, MSc, coursemaster
• This course includes lectures from faculty of Medicine, Surgery, Otolaryngology and Pediatrics. DOC Research covers how to select a clinical research question, write a research protocol and execute a clinical study. Topics include subject selection, observational and experimental study design, sample size estimation, clinical measurements, questionnaires and data management. The course is designed for clinicians and health care professionals who wish to conduct outcomes and patient-oriented clinical research. Students receive ongoing feedback as they incorporate research design concepts into their own research proposals. At the end of the course, students are required to submit a research protocol or a draft of a manuscript describing their research, and pass the final exam. The course consists of lectures. Each student gives an oral presentation and presents a written paper or grant protocol for discussion and critique by faculty and other students.

• Introduction to Statistics for the Health Sciences
• 3 credits, course #523, Fall Semester, Thursdays 4:30–7 p.m., course dates TBA, Sarah Boslaugh, PhD, coursemaster
• This is a basic course in statistics with particular focus on the health sciences. It is taught in a user-friendly manner with emphasis on use of SPSS, statistical analysis software commonly used in clinical research. The course will teach basic statistical methods in which clinical researchers should have facility to execute their own analyses.

• Intermediate Statistics for the Health Sciences
• 3 credits, course #524, Spring Semester, course dates TBA, Mario Schootman, PhD, coursemaster
• This 15-week course is designed to build on skills developed in Introduction to Statistics for the Health Sciences and foster basic expertise required to independently use common multivariate biostatistical methods to analyze clinical research data for peer-review presentation and publication.

• Ethical and Legal Issues in Clinical Research
• 2 credits, course #510, Spring Semester, course dates TBA, Ana Iltis, PhD, coursemaster
• This course prepares clinical researchers to critically evaluate ethical and regulatory issues in clinical research. The principal goal of this course is to prepare clinical researchers to identify ethical issues in clinical research and the situational factors that give rise to them, to identify ethics and compliance resources and to foster ethical problem-solving skills.

• Epidemiology for Clinical Research
• 3 credits, course #588, Spring Semester, course dates TBA, Mario Schootman, PhD, coursemaster
• This course introduces principles of epidemiology as they apply to clinical research. The course provides basic tools used in descriptive and analytical epidemiology, which are crucial for making informed decisions in the care of patients. Critical thinking and scientific/analytic competencies are emphasized throughout the course.

• Grantsmanship
• 3 credits, course #528, Fall Semester, Tuesdays 4–6 p.m., course dates TBA, Jay Piccirillo, MD, Karen Dodson, BS, coursemasters
• Scholars create a focused research plan that incorporates well-formulated hypotheses, rationales, specific objectives and long-range research goals; organize and present a sound research plan that accurately reflects the ideas and directions of the proposed research activities; develop and justify a budget for the proposed research activities; avoid many common grant-writing mistakes; discuss the peer review process in grant evaluation and formulate a grant proposal that is maximally compatible with that process.
  

• Scientific Writing and Publishing
• 2 credits, course #529, Spring Semester, course dates TBA, Jay Piccirillo, MD, Karen Dodson, BS, coursemasters
• The objective of this course is to teach the proper techniques of writing and publishing a biomedical manuscript. Writing a working title and structured abstract as well as hand drawing of figures and tables is covered. Publishing strategies are also discussed.
  

• Conduct independent research under the tutelage of a mentorship committee
• Participate in an ongoing seminar series to present and discuss research as a work-in-progress
• Take elective coursework related to their research interests
• Submit a final thesis — typically a submitted manuscript or grant application