Course Description:
The course will provide a basic and broad overview to clinical research. The student will gain an understanding of how to develop clinical research questions including protocol design and the factors that should be considered in initiating a clinical research study. This will include biostatistical considerations, the recruitment of study participants, regulatory issues, and data management, and defining measures and instruments. Students will gain knowledge of how to define clinical research among the various institutional entities involved with clinical research at The University of Kansas Medical Center such as the Research Institute (RI), General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) and the Human Subjects Committee (HSC). Additionally, one component of the course will focus on how to apply for funding (grantsmanship), critical appraisal of research studies, and how to present research data.
The target audience for the course is broad and includes faculty involved in the K-30 program, students pursuing a masters in clinical research, clinical fellows in the school of medicine, doctoral students (medical and graduate, MD/PhD, MD/MPH, etc.), post-doctoral fellows, medical residents, and faculty at KUMC and KU-Lawrence.
Course Objective:
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
- Discuss principles of clinical research study design and protocol development
- Describe ethical and regulatory issues in conducting research involving human subjects
- Discuss biostatistical significance including data management and defining measures and instruments
- Describe the process of applying for funding
- Describe how to present research data
Course Format: Lecture and discussion
The course is composed of 15 lectures and discussion (1 to 1 ½ hours each) organized into three components over a period of one semester.
Course Syllabus (PDF)
Website link to this course:
http://ph.kumc.edu/prvm803/index.html
Course Directors:
PRVM 805 - Kansas Public Health Grand Rounds
Overview
This course will focus on research and experience in various aspects of community health, through study of research reports, journal materials, and review articles and reports of experts in the field. Students will be required to present one or more seminars on relevant topics such as nutrition, environmental health, health policy, health promotion, aging, health education or epidemiologic studies. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Link to this course.
http://ph.kumc.edu/PRVM805/index.html
2009 List of Presentations (dates/speaker/title) PDF
Course Director:
PRVM 853 - Responsible Conduct of Research
Overview
This course is designed to cover a range of topics typically included in instruction about responsible conduct of research. Although it is intended to be appropriate to meet NIH training grant requirements for such instruction, it is up to the individual Program Director and his/her funding institute to determine whether this form of instruction will meet those requirements.
The format of this course has been designed to take advantage of the strengths of the Internet while de-emphasizing methods better adapted for a classroom setting. In practice, this means that participants in the course must spend more time reading than would otherwise be the case for a lecture course.
The remaining primary difference characterizing this course is that it takes advantage of the Internet as a communication tool. Although the course is designed to be used with different assignment formats, Email discussion groups are a significant component of this course. While maintaining the advantage of 24 hour access, Internet-based communication can meet the following goals: (1) direct and ongoing interaction with the course director; (2) opportunity to develop and "verbalize" personal stands with respect to a variety of ethical dilemmas; and (3) means to hear views of other course participants from different backgrounds, disciplines, and possibly institutions.
Course Objectives
The purpose of this course is to engage research trainees in reading about, considering, and discussing the responsible conduct of science. The course is designed as an option for meeting current federal regulations, which require that all NIH training grants provide training in the responsible conduct of research.
Website link to this course:
http://ph.kumc.edu/Resp_Code_Conduct/index.html
Course Director:
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