Data Management for Clinical Research

This course presents critical concepts and practical methods to support planning, collection, storage, and dissemination of data in clinical research. Understanding and implementing solid data management principles is critical for any scientific domain. Regardless of your current (or anticipated) role in the research enterprise, a strong working knowledge and skill set in data management principles and practice will increase your productivity and improve your science. Our goal is to use these modules to help you learn and practice this skill set. This course assumes very little current knowledge of technology other than how to operate a web browser. We will focus on practical lessons, short quizzes, and hands-on exercises as we explore together best practices for data management

• Collect and manage clinical research data effectively
• Build Electronic Data Capture (EDC) instruments using REDCap
• Understand data management principles to improve productivity and research quality

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read course instructions in English and complete practice activities