Phar3923 Research Methods

Description

These are good and detailed notes based on learning objectives and done week by week. Below are some of the topics in the notes: Introduction to Research Ethics History of Human Research and Ethical Codes Bioethics Principles (Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence) Modern Human and Animal Research Ethics Formulating Research Questions (PICO and PECO) Bias and Sources of Systematic Error in Research Critical Appraisal and Confounding Pharmacoepidemiology and Study Designs Randomised Controlled Trials and Observational Studies Cohort, Case-Control, and Cross-Sectional Studies Measures of Association and Risk (RR, OR, RD, NNT) Statistical Distributions and Descriptive Statistics Hypothesis Testing, Confidence Intervals, and P-Values Statistical Tests (t-tests, ANOVA, Chi-square, Regression) Health Economic Evaluation and PBS Data