School of Public Health
Participating either as a consumer, adviser, or contributor to evidence-based medical and public health decisions requires an understanding of the quality of that evidence. A strong foundation in clinical trials helps prepare scientists to evaluate published medical advances and to implement well-designed pioneering health research. The topics of this Introduction to Clinical Trials class follow the natural sequence in a protocol, and will include: hypotheses and endpoints, choice of intervention and control, ethical considerations, blinding and randomization, data collection and monitoring, sample size, analysis strategies, and writing of the protocol. Motivating examples from published research will be used throughout. All course interactions occur in an on-line environment. Weekly lessons on each topic have an audio lecture presentation, readings in texts and research literature, interactive discussion boards, video delivered by experts, and optional enrichment materials. Homework and exams will be delivered on-line.
Instructors: Susan Telke and Haitao Chu
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Most recent update: April 25, 2011