The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Courses

CERTaIN: Pragmatic Clinical Trials and Healthcare Delivery Evaluations

Learn the fundamentals of pragmatic clinical trials, including study design and basic analytic methods.

• edX
• 4-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

CERTaIN: Knowledge Synthesis: Systematic Reviews and Clinical Decision Making

Learn how to interpret and report systematic review and meta-analysis results, and define strategies for searching and critically appraisingscientific literature.

• edX
• 4-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

CERTaIN: CER/PCOR Methods: Introduction

Learn the fundamentals of comparative effectiveness research (CER) and patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) methods and data analysis strategies.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

CERTaIN: Observational Studies and Registries

Define several types of observational studies, interpret their results, and describe how health registries can be used to make decisions about best clinical care.

• edX
• 4-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

CERTaIN: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Learn what comparative effectiveness research (CER) and patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) are and identify the difference between CER/PCOR studies and randomized controlled trials.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Comparative Effectiveness Research Training and Instruction (CERTaIN)

Do you want to inform healthcare decisions by conducting research on the effectiveness, benefits, and potential harms of treatment options? Would you like to help patients choose care that best meets their needs? Perhaps you’d like to learn the basics of…

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• $1,245.00
• 5 courses