Research Certification Curriculum

This lecture will discuss importance of research, role of physician scientist in development of medicine. It will also discuss about various career pathway for participants interested in research and academics.

This lecture will discuss about various aspects of clinical research and its importance in clinical practice. It will also discuss what makes good research as well as components of scientific paper.

This lecture will discuss about various aspects of mentorship. It will discuss about finding mentor, role of mentor in mentee’s career, how to be a good mentee etc. It will also discuss about developing inter and intra-departmental collaboration.

This lecture will discuss about importance of collaboration within and outside of UTHSC. It will also discuss about developing inter and intra-departmental collaboration as well as finding good collaborators.

This lecture will guide participants on steps to start any research project: forming hypothesis, designing a trial, Background data, randomization, cohort select, etc.

This lecture will guide participants on steps to start any research project: forming hypothesis, designing a trial, Background data, randomization, cohort select, etc. 

This lecture will help participants about different types of IRB approval, components of each. How to stay within regulation and other aspects of IRB application

This lecture aims to educate participant son selecting right study design in regards to research question and statistical analysis.

This lecture will inform participants regarding Biomedical informatics department at UTHSC and major data sources available to use in research.

This lecture talks about why we do clinical trials at UTHSC.

This lecture will guide participants on data collection and summarization in appropriate format. It will also give overview or some initial statistical calculations. 

This lecture aims to introduce participants to epidemiological terms and concepts.

This lecture will provide introduction to biostatistics and few other aspects of data analysis. 

This will be an introductory lecture for participants who are working with data bases.

This will educate participants to steps of systemic review or meta-analysis as well as strength and limitation of both types of studies 

This lecture will focus on good quality scientific writing. The speaker will discuss about writing various components of scientific paper as well as help and resources available at UT for this purpose.

This lecture will discuss about manuscript preparation as well as response to reviewers comments, etc.

This lecture will discuss on reporting results as well as ethics in research.

This lecture will discuss various types of presentations and guidance on preparation for them.

This lecture will discuss various types of presentations and guidance on preparation for them.

This panel discussion will involve editors, journal reviewers discussing about various reasons for paper acceptance as well as rejection.

This lecture will discuss on what other steps participants can take or pursue to reach their goal of being physician scientist.