Program Overview

Program Overview

The program in question is the "臨床研究方法(一)" or "Clinical Research Methods (I)" course offered by the National Taiwan University.

Course Information

• Course Number: ClinMD7001
• Course ID: 421 M0100
• Credits: 2
• Type: Required
• Department: Clinical Medicine Institute / Clinical Medicine Research Group / Clinical Trials Group
• Instructor: 陳祈玲 (Chen Chi-Ling)
• Teaching Assistant: None mentioned
• Class Time: Saturday, 8-9 am
• Classroom: 基醫303 (Basic Medical Sciences Building 303)
• Enrollment Limit: 70 students
• Language: Chinese
• Core Competency and Course Planning: Related to NTU COOL

Course Description

This course is designed to introduce students to clinical research methods, combining statistics and clinical design. The course aims to equip students with the skills to design and analyze clinical research using actual operation analysis software.

Course Objectives

The primary objective of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of clinical research methods, enabling them to design and conduct clinical research effectively. The course covers topics such as biological statistics, epidemiology, and the use of STATA statistical software.

Course Requirements

• Class Time: Every Saturday, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
• Office Hours: Not specified
• Required Readings: Not specified
• Reference Books: Not specified
• Evaluation Method: Not specified
• Adjustment for Students with Difficulties: Not specified
• Make-up Class Information: Not specified
• Course Progress:
  • Week 1: Introduction to clinical research, epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology
  • Week 2: Measures of disease frequency and association
  • Week 3: Sampling distributions and central limit theorems (CLTs)
  • Week 4: Mid-Autumn Festival (no class)
  • Week 5: Statistical inference, p-value, and confidence interval
  • Week 6: One- and two-sample tests for population means
  • Week 7: One- and two-sample tests for population proportions and chi-square tests for r × c tables
  • Week 8: Nonparametric statistical methods
  • Week 9: Using Stata for descriptive statistics, one- and two-sample tests, and chi-square tests for r × c tables
  • Week 10: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and covariance (ANCOVA)
  • Week 11: Using Stata for nonparametric tests, ANOVA, and ANCOVA
  • Week 12: Designs of experiments and quasi-experiments
  • Week 13: Estimation of sample size for experiments
  • Week 14: Internal validity and effect modification (interaction), causal relationship inference
  • Week 15: Correlation and linear regression analysis (1)
  • Week 16: Linear regression analysis (2)

Additional Information

• The course is a required course for the Clinical Medicine Institute.
• Students must complete this course before taking "Clinical Research Methods (II)".
• The course is taught by multiple instructors, including 陳祈玲 (Chen Chi-Ling), 邵文逸 (Shao Wen-Yi), and 胡賦強 (Hu Fu-Qiang).