Subject: Implementation Science
Course Number: 241
Course Title: Designs for Intervention Research in Real-World Settings
Units: 2
School: Graduate Division
Department: Clinical and Epidemiological Research Program
Course Description: Provides a foundation of the main components of alternatives to individual randomized control trials that can be used to evaluate interventions placed in real world settings. For each design covered in the class--randomized (cluster-randomized, stepped-wedge randomized trials) and quasi-experimental designs (pre-post and interrupted time series) students will assess: what are the key features, common pitfalls, and strategies to improve internal and external validity. Cross-listed as IMS 241.
Prerequisites: Some familiarity with study designs
Restrictions: none
Activities: Student - Lecture, Student - Project, Synchronous - Discussion, Asynchronous - Discussion, Asynchronous - Lecture
Quarter(s) Offered: Spring
Course Grading Convention: Letter Grade, P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No