Our six month collaborative distance learning basic course on clinical research covers the basics of clinical research through to study design and reporting.
Classes take place once a week, on Thursdays from 4 pm to 7 pm Boston time. The course starts in March and ends in October, with a six week break from lectures in the summer. The lectures are interactive and are a strong opportunity to work with colleagues and faculty.
The course is a continuing medical education course from the Department of Continuing Education at Harvard Medical School. It is therefore a postgraduate course that offers continuing medical education credits for physicians, and participants receive a certificate on successful completion.
All participants receive Stata software with their registration, and it is required during the course. The remaining activities run through the course website, including the forum, assignments and chat rooms for discussion with teaching assistants, plus a group project that uses an online word processor.
There are four exams, one after each module of the course. They are all web based and interactive. Apart from the three hour weekly lecture, students report spending between two and ten hours a week on course activities.
See the enrollment and fees, read the frequently asked questions, then complete the application. You can also review the courses evaluation to see what past participants reported.
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