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Designing Clinical Research
EPI 202 Summer 2008 (2 units)
Course Director: Stephen B. Hulley, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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The Designing Clinical Research Course, in conjunction with
our textbook Designing
Clinical Research provides training in the methods of clinical investigation to physicians
and other health professionals.
We run the main part of the course in seven weeks, with
a large amount of active homework and a half day a week in class. The
discussion sections are a key ingredient and are limited to 10-11 students.
This is a brisk pace covering the entire book and producing a 5-page clinical
research protocol. Please see the syllabus
and session descriptions for a more detailed outline of the course.
| OBJECTIVES |
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The objectives for this course are for workshop participants
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- acquire the skills for designing and interpreting clinical research;
- produce a complete concise draft of a research protocol;
- help others in the class to develop these skills and protocols;
- provide feedback that will improve the workshop and its materials;
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- have, over the years, a multiplier effect by teaching these skills
to others.
| PREREQUISITES |
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Possession of a MD, PhD, DDS or PharmD or equivalent doctoral
degree. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be made with the consent
of the Course Director, space permitting; predoctoral students are invited
to take a 4-week student version of the Designing Clinical Research course, Designing
Clinical Research for Residents and Students (Epi 150.03)
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| FACULTY & STAFF |
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| Course Director: |
Steve Hulley, MD,
MPH
email: shulley@psg.ucsf.edu
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| Co-Director: |
Michael A. Kohn, MD, MPP
email: Michael.Kohn@ucsf.edu
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| Lecturers: |
Alan Go, MD |
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Deborah Grady, MD, MPH |
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Mitchell Katz, MD |
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Chuck McCulloch, PhD |
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Thomas Newman, MD, MPH |
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| Course Coordinator: |
Olivia DeLeon
email: olivia@epi.ucsf.edu
phone: 415-514-8231
fax: 415-514-8150
mail stop: Box 0560
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FORMAT
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Jul 29- Sept 9
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General sessions (50 minutes; 9:00-9:50 am)
- Discuss issues of interest emerging from the previous week
- Illustrate a few selected aspects of the readings for this week
Section meetings (2 hours; 10:00-12:00 )
- Review assigned protocol components
- Discuss readings, exercises
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Sept 30 or Oct 7
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Students pairs meet with a member of the faculty (75
minutes)
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TEXTBOOK
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Designing
Clinical Research
| GRADING |
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For those taking the course for credit, grades will be
based on assignments and participation in sections (60%) and on the 5-page
protocol (40%).
| ASSIGNMENTS |
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Weeks 1-7
- Read "Designing Clinical Research, Third Edition"
- Compose parts of your protocol
- Do the exercises (lowest priority)
Week 8
- Finish your protocol and email it in
Week 10
- Critique each other's protocols
Computer skills needed: Word processing, Pubmed, Endnote.
| ENROLLMENT |
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To enroll please see the application
section of the Summer Clinical Research Program.
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