Clinical Research as your MSRP The Nuts and Bolts Saleem Islam

Objectives Brief understanding of clinical research Spectrum of clinical research Your goals Choosing an achievable project Available tools

What is Clinical Research Is it important? What is clinical research? The research spectrum Systematic review or Meta analysis of RCT Prospective RCT Prospective cohort study Database analysis Case control study Survey based studies Retrospective series Case series Case reports

MSRP Clinical project Goals Understand the genesis of clinical research Developing a project from a clinical question Read the existing literature (don’t want to repeat something!) (but nothing is really new!) Designing the data collection tool Data collection Data analysis Understanding the analysis Creation of an abstract Presentation and publication

Achievable Project You have 8-10 weeks Likely will need existing data Retrospective reviews – with or without controls Case Series How many patients?? Need to plan out the research with your mentor regarding time management Your goal is to complete the project – define that

Tools Your mentor Epic – the EHR REDCap – Brush up on stats https://www.ctsi.ufl.edu/research/study-design-and-analysis/redcap/ Brush up on stats Medical writing

Summary What is clinical research and its spectrum Your goals Achieve a project! Tools