Subject: Implementation Science
Course Number: 241
Course Title: Designs for Intervention Research in Real-World Settings
Units: 2
School: Graduate Division
Department: Clinical 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: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Seminar, Direct - Project, Student - Lecture, Student - Seminar

Instructor of Record: M. Handley
Additional Instructor(s): S. Shade
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Spring
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? Yes
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