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Clinical Research Learning emblem Clinical Research Learning Collaborative and Distance Learning Program

Course List

We offer several courses using our method of collaborative learning, and additional courses will be added. Click on a course below for more information.

Principles and Practice of Clinical Research

This course covers the basics of clinical research, from formulating a research question and selecting a study population to randomisation and blinding methods. It continues with statistical methods, including data distribution and classification, statistical tests, sample size calculation, survival analysis, missing data and meta analysis, then moves to data collection, monitoring and reporting, and to study designs such as observational studies, adaptive designs and randomised clinical trials.

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Clinical and Translational Science

This course reviews the field of translational clinical research, covering experimental design and investigative tools, and moving on to human genetics and pharmacology with a focus on statistics, epidemiology, genomic information and drug discovery.

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Manuscript Writing

This module covers the aspects of manuscript writing, including manuscript organisation, writing in another language, the submission process and the review process.

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Where the courses are held

Courses are broadcast from Boston and followed at participating centers around the world, or online from home. See the participating centers for the full list.

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Sources and further reading

Authoritative external resources for readers who want to go further into clinical research methods, reporting and education.