Description

*This Public Health Institute course will be online via Zoom and Canvas and will not be meeting in-person.*

Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS
Mayo Professor Emeritus
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota         

Mohamed A. Eid, MD, MSc, MHA
Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Chief Medical Officer, Verdiva Bio Inc.

This course is intended to provide the basic concepts that underlie successful clinical research design, implementation, and reporting. Clinical Research refers to all research carried out in humans whether healthy or suffering from illness. It aims to improve knowledge of diseases, their distribution and natural history including outcomes.  Clinical Research is essential in the development of diagnostic methods, prevention approaches, and new treatments to improve patient care.  Clinical Research is conducted in a well-planned, carefully described and controlled manner. All academic and industry staff need to understand the basics of Clinical Research so that they are better equipped to evaluate scientific and medical literature or conduct their own research activities.

This course can be an entre to more advanced studies.

This non-credit course meets with the academic course PubH 7200-106 as part of the 2025 Public Health Institute.

Enrollment for this course opens on February 27, 2025.

Additional information can be found on the Public Health Institute website.

Objectives

On completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Understand the process of ‘scientific inquiry’, context and stages of a clinical investigation.
• Be able to select the appropriate clinical study design and identify relevant research question.
• Increase learners’ understanding of what makes a good research protocol and review methods to improve validity, data quality, and generalizability of clinical trials.
• Understand the roles of the FDA, industry sponsors and the NIH in Clinical Research.
• Understand the ethical issues with research in humans.
• Understand the meaning of common statistical terms and how they are used to create a study plan and report study results.

Registration & Cancellation

The registration fee for this course is $595. You will receive an email letter outlining program logistics two weeks prior to the start of the course.

Requests for refunds will be honored in full if a written cancellation request is received prior to the course start date. An administration fee of $50 will be charged to all refund requests received after the first day of class. The University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) reserves the right to cancel any course. In the event of a course cancellation, registrants will receive a full refund of the program registration fee. SPH is not responsible for refund of travel or other costs incurred by registrants.

SPH will provide a certificate of attendance verifying 1.5 CEUs (15 contact hours) offered for this program. This course is eligible for 15 CPH recertification credits.

All courses are approved for CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

Contact & Questions

Email phi@umn.edu.