MED 650 - Fundamentals for Clinical Investigators

Course Career Graduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3/2-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Medicine and Dentistry
Department Medicine
Typically Offered two term

Description
A biweekly lecture course covering the important aspects of becoming a clinical investigator. Each session will include a lecture followed by a full class discussion and take home assignments related to the lecture. The topics include: clinical trial design, bioethics, biostatistics, literature appraisal, grant writing, manuscript writing, slide presentation for oral presentations, teaching enhancement, time management, ethics of industry liaisons, linking basic bench research to the bedside, technology transfer, career opportunities. Prerequisite: consent of Department.