Goal
The Clinical and Translational Research Concentration is for students interested in complementing their clinical development with the skills required to become clinician-scientists. Through core sessions and a mentored research project, students gain an understanding of the way research improves patient care. Encompassing clinical and translational research, this Concentration uses a hypothesis driven research project to provide the student an individualized research experience allowing for the development of broad research skills. Students participating in this Concentration will be able to describe and apply key principles associated with the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting/dissemination of research. The Concentration will also support those students who seek to pursue research throughout their medical careers.
Concentration Competencies and Objectives
- Formulate a research question and operationalize variables.
- Design descriptive and/or explanatory studies
- Collect and analyze data.
- Evaluate and discuss study findings.
- Manage research projects.
- Interpret theory and empirical findings in one's own research area.
