Faculty
Drs. Harlan Krumholz, Joanne Foody, Judith Lichtman, Robert McNamara, Yongfei Wang, Saif Rathore, Lawrence Brass

Clinical Epidemiology Mini-Course
This seminar series uses existing literature to illuminate key issues in the conduct and interpretation of clinical studies. It employs in-depth examination of notable clinical research articles to focus on important study design concepts. Each seminar will review one or two articles and address one study design concept. Articles in PDF form will be available on-line before the seminar, along with questions for the participants. After the session, supplementary reading will be suggested.

At the end of each session, participants should be able to describe the discussed articles, understand their place in the medical literature, and be familiar with the study design topics. The course is intended to provide a foundation for those interested in clinical research, and to improve their ability to critically interpret clinical medical literature.

You may wish to download this GLOSSARY << click here, for rigorous definitions of such terms as - Bayes Theorem, risk ratio...
To gain a better overview of Clinical Research << click here

Below are the study guides for each session:

Variation in Health Care Delivery << click here, Sep 26, 2003

Clinical Practice Guidelines << click here, Oct 24, 2003

Case-Control Design for Examining Rare Events: Part II << click here, Nov 14, 2003

Cohort Design << click here, Jan 30, 2004

Choice of a Study Population << click here, Feb 27, 2004

Subgroups and Treatment Interactions << click here, Mar 26, 2004

Measuring Quality of Care << click here, April 30, 2004

Unintended Drug Targets << click here, May 28, 2004

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Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

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