What is the objective of the Clinical & Translational Education Program (CTEP)?
The principal objective of the Clinical & Translational Education Program (CTEP) is to develop a pipeline of highly trained Clinical & Translational researchers to facilitate the transfer of clinical research–from bench to bedside–into clinical practice. By providing training through didactic courses and a mentored research collaborative experience, the Program aims to build upon a foundation of basic skills necessary for clinical & translational research such as: • Development of research hypotheses and methods of hypothesis testing • Grant writing and manuscript preparation • Data collection, construction of databases, and data management systems • Computer programs for data analysis • Statistical analysis and the appropriate use of various statistical techniques in clinical research • Basic epidemiological principles in clinical research • Ethics and human subjects protection in the conduct of patient-oriented research • Laboratory requirements of clinical research; preparing protoc
