Computer Course
This course consists of multiple components. Up to 2 hours of credit are available for successful completion (1 for the 3 online modules and 1 for the Database Theory and Design Course).
ONLINE MODULES
These modules introduce the computer software skills involved in clinical research. They are self-taught and self-paced. There are currently 3 completed modules; each module contains 1 or more exercises.
Data Managment (using Spreadsheets)
Download Excel Exercise (Word file)
Data Management (using Database)
Download Access Exercise for version 2000/2003 (Word file)
Download Access Exercise for version 2007 (Word file)
Download datafile (Excel spreadsheet)
Data Analysis
Download STATA Exercise (Word file)
Download datafile (Excel spreadsheet)
Download datafiles (Stata datafile)
Credit for the Modules
TIn order to receive credit for these modules (available for students enrolled in the UT-Houston Clinical Research Curriculum or MS in Clinical Research Degree Program), each exercise must be turned in by email to Deborah Garcia .
DATABASE THEORY AND DESIGN COURSE
This is an in-class course that is offered on an intermittent (once-twice/year) basis. The goals of this course are to 1) teach the student to import existing data (from Excel for example) into Access, clean and normalize the data, and use the resulting tables for data entry, retrieval, and analysis; 2) enable the clinical researcher to construct an Access database from an existing research proposal such that data can be entered, retrieved, and analyzed; and 3) understand the power of Access and other database systems for more sophisticated data entry, analysis, and reporting.
