What you will learn
- Describe CER/PCOR methods
- Interpret systematic review and meta-analysis results, and define strategies for critically appraising the literature
- Define several types of observational studies, and interpret their results
- Describe how health registries can be used to make decisions about best clinical care
- Identify and classify clinical trial designs and describe the statistical methods used to analyze their data
Program Overview
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Courses in this program
MDAndersonX's Comparative Effectiveness Research Training and Instruction (CERTaIN) Professional Certificate
- CERTaIN: CER/PCOR Methods: Introduction
- CERTaIN: Knowledge Synthesis: Systematic Reviews and Clinical Decision Making
- CERTaIN: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
- CERTaIN: Pragmatic Clinical Trials and Healthcare Delivery Evaluations
- CERTaIN: Observational Studies and Registries
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