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Overview of Programs

There are four principal educational programs:

  1. Summer Clinical Research Workshop: a seven week program consisting of three courses (Designing Clinical Research, Responsible Conduct of Research, and Building a Career in Clinical Research) that provides instruction in the development of clinical research proposals that are scientifically sound, ethically appropriate, and provide entry to a career in academic medicine.
    Applications due: July 11, 2008

  2. Advanced Training in Clinical Research (ATCR) Certificate Program: a four academic quarter (Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring) program consisting of fourteen required courses that provide more detailed instruction in the methods of clinical research and ongoing guidance and support as scholars begin to implement their research projects.
    Applications due: May 15, 2009

  3. Master's Degree Program in Clinical Research: a two year program that through enhanced coursework and precepting provides trainees with mastery of clinical research methods and culminates in a number of required products including a systematic review, a presentation at a national meeting, and a publication of a peer-reviewed clinical research report.
    Applications due: March 23, 2009

  4. Supplemental Training Program in Translating Evidence into Practice, Policy, and Public Health: In this program, scholars will take 1 course in Fall (Epi 245), Winter (Epi 248), and Spring Quarters (Epi 246 or Epi 247). It is designed for persons who have already received a Master's Degree in areas such as Public Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Research or Health Services Research. This program will help scholars to design and implement more effective intervention programs, more comprehensive evaluations of their interventions, and to develop better funding proposals. A limited number of tuition scholarships are available.
    Applications due: August 24, 2009

In addition, many of the individual courses that are included in our educational programs are open, space permitting, to all members of the UCSF community.