How to Design a Clinical Study: Principles and Protocol Development

Course Dates:

This course runs twice per year in the spring and fall. For details on the next iteration of this course, please visit the overview page.

Course Website

When registered for the course, you will be provided a personalized username and password that allows you to sign-in.

Course Directors:

Naomi Fisher, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Course Topics

Pre-Course Work
1 week

Unit 1: Research Design & Methods
2 weeks

Unit 2: Statistical Analysis & Anticipated Results
3 weeks

Unit 3: IRB & Ethics
2 weeks

Unit 4: Data Management
1 week

Course Conclusion
1 week

Participant Expectations

Upon completion of the course, course participants are eligible to receive a Certificate of Completion which is earned through completing course activities: including watching attending and participating in all virtual Zoom sessions, watching all online video lectures and assessments, submitting each protocol draft by the deadline over the duration of this nine-week course.

 Throughout the course, participants are required to attend six mandatory virtual sessions.

Completing the Course

Each participant is eligible for a Statement of Completion upon viewing all course lecture videos and completing course assignments.