eCourse in Clinical Research Methods

The aim of this course is to provide participants with a multi-disciplinary perspective to facilitate their skills in health research. This course will expose them to fundamental concepts and basic analytic methods to cover topics spanning from conceptualization of research idea to dissemination of research findings to fully equip them to carry out original research and report their findings.

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

• Frame a well-defined and specific research question
• Perform a literature search on a defined topic and critically appraise published literature
• Have a basic understanding of qualitative and quantitative research designs in clinical context
• Understand basic statistical concepts, data management and design basic analysis plan
• Develop a research proposal with all key elements of methodology
• Apply ethical principles of research and understand ethical and regulatory processes of human research
• Present and report their findings in the form of a thesis report/ manuscript