Online Courses Handbook 2003

303065 (v.3) Clinical Research Methods 782

Area:	School of Public Health
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	11547 (v.2) Epidemiology 781 or any previous version AND 13554 (v.2) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 782 or any previous version
Overview of clinical research designs including randomised controlled trials, repeated measures, crossover, n of 1 trials, case controls and cohort study designs. Evaluation of diagnostic tests. Critical appraisal. Issues of data management, collection and storage. Research ethics. Statistical analysis using computer software including ANOVA, MANOVA; repeated measures, survival analysis, multiple and logistic regression.