Introduction to Clinical Research Training–Japan

Online Lectures

Introduction to Epidemiology

Introduction, overview, definition outcome measurements
Causal inference; measures of association
Study design–Randomized controlled trials
Study design–Cohort studies
Study design - Case-control studies
Confounding and bias
Methods for Controlling Confounding, Matching and Effect Modification

Introduction to Biostatistics

Introduction, measures of location normal distribution
Estimation, central limit theorem and confidence intervals
Hypothesis testing; one-sample and two-sample t-tests
Hypothesis testing; non-parametric one-sample and two-sample t-tests
Analysis of proportions
Power and sample size
Introduction to linear regression
Multiple linear regression
Introduction to logistic regression

Stata Programming

Stata Workshop 1
Stata Workshop 2
Stata Workshop 3
Stata Workshop 4
Stata Workshop 5
Stata Workshop 6
Stata Workshop 7
Stata Workshop 8

Clinical Trials

Introduction
Design and ethical considerations
Protocol and endpoints
Population, recruitment and baseline assessment
Randomization, stratification and blinding

Ethics

Protection of subjects
Informed consent: role of the institutional review board
Ethical issues in treating children

Scientific Communication

Manuscript overview, content and order of creation
The manuscript abstract
Recipe for an introduction
Methods and results
Data visualization
Recipe for a discussion
Enhancing speaking skills
Engaging presentations

Special Topics

Management and Leadership in Academic Medicine
Mentorship

Webinars

Epidemiology lectures with question and answer
Introduction to Stata
Hypothesis testing with Stata
Biostatistics question and answer
Power and sample size using Stata
Ethics case study with question and answer
How to PubMed
Epidemiology final exam review session
Biostatistics final exam review session