1. Introduction; 2. Translational Process; 3. Scientific Method; 4. Basic Research
Pre-Clinical5. Overview of Preclinical Research; 6. What Problem Are You Solving?; 7. Types of Interventions; 8. Drug Discovery; 9. Drug Testing; 10. Device Discovery and Prototyping; 11. Medical Device Testing; 12. Diagnostic Discovery; 13. Diagnostic Testing; 14. Other Product Types; 15. Procedural Technique Development; 16. Behavioral Intervention
Clinical: Fundamentals17. Introduction to Clinical Research: What is it? Why is it needed?; 18. The Question: Types of Research Questions and How to Develop Them; 19. Study Population: Who and why them?; 20. Outcome Measurements: What data is being collected and why?; 21. Optimizing the question: Balancing significance and feasibility Statistical Principles; 22. Basic Statistical Principles; 23. Distributions; 24. Hypotheses and Error Types; 25. Power; 26. Regression; 27. Continuous Variable Analyses: T-test, Man Whitney, Wilcoxon Rank; 28. Categorical Variable Analyses: Chi-Square, fisher exact, Mantel Hanzel; 29. Analysis of Variance; 30. Correlation; 31. Biases; 32. Basic Science Statistics
Clinical: Study Types33. Design Principles: Hierarchy of Study Types; 34. Case Series: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 35. Case-Control: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 36. Cohort Study: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 37. Cross-Section Study: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 38. Longitudinal Study: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 39. Clinical Trials: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 40. Meta-Analysis: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 41. Cost-Effectiveness Study: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 42. Diagnostic Test Evaluation: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 43. Reliability Study: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 44. Database Studies: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 45. Surveys and Questionnaires: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 46. Qualitative Methods and Mixed Methods
Clinical Trials47. Randomized Control: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 48. Nonrandomized Control: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 49. Historical Control: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 50. Cross-Over: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 51. Withdrawal Studies: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 52. Factorial Design: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 53. Group Allocation: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 54. Hybrid Design: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 55. Large, Pragmatic: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 56. Equivalence and Noninferiority: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 57. Adaptive: Design, Measures, Classic Example; 58. Randomization: Fixed or Adaptive Procedures; 59. Blinding: Who and How?; 60. Multicenter Considerations; 61. Registries; 62. Phases of Clinical Trials; 63. IDEAL Framework; 64. Artificial Intelligence; 65. Patient Perspectives
Clinical: Preparation66. Sample Size; 67. Budgeting; 68. Medical Ethics and Review Boards; 69. Regulatory Considerations for New Drugs and Devices; 70. Funding Approaches; 71. Subject Recruitment; 72. Data Management; 73. Quality Control; 74. Statistical Software; 75. Report Forms: Harm and Quality of Life; 76. Subject Adherence; 77. Survival Analysis; 78. Monitoring Committee in Clinical Trials
Regulatory Basics79. FDA Overview; 80. IND; 81. New Drug Application; 82. Devices; 83. Radiation-emitting Electronic Products; 84. Orphan Drugs; 85. Biologics; 86. Combination Products; 87. Foods; 88. Cosmetics; 89. Non-US Regulatory
Clinical Implementation90. Implementation Research; 91. Design and Analysis; 92. Population and Setting Specific Implementation
Public Health93. Public Health; 94. Epidemiology; 95. Factors in Surgical Public Health and Health Disparities Research; 96. Good Questions; 97. Population and Environmental Specific Considerations; 98. Law, Policy, and Ethics; 99. Healthcare Institutions and Systems; 100. Public Health Institutions and Systems
Practical Resources101. Presenting Data; 102. Manuscript Preparation; 103.
