Module 1: Developing Research Questions
This module explains how studies are created through research questions, and the kinds of questions that patient-centered outcomes research tries to answer. It describes initial decisions that must be made when creating a study and provides a simple formula to remember each element.
Module Contents:
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Section 1: What are Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Comparative Effectiveness
Research?
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Section 2: How are Research Studies Created?
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Section 3: How is a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Study Created?
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Section 4: What are Stakeholders’ Roles in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
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Module 2: Designing the Research Study
This module introduces several common ways a team can design a study to compare two or more treatment options. It also explains how each design determines what information to gather, how to gather it, who to gather it from, and how that information is used to answer the research question.
Module Contents:
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Section 1: Research Methods in PCOR/CER Studies
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Section 2: Research Study Designs
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Section 3: Planning Trustworthy Studies
Module 3: Planning Patient-Centered Consent and Study Protocols
This module focuses on an important aspect of collecting information from people in a research study: consent. It discusses informed consent and how research teams obtain it from people recruited for a study.
Module Contents:
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Section 1: Developing a Research Protocol
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Section 2: Protecting the Rights of Research Participants
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Section 3: Planning Informed Consent
Module 4: Sampling, Recruiting, and Retaining Study Participants
This module explains how a research team decides the number of study participants. It also explains how a team chooses sample characteristics such as age, gender, or type of condition the people in the study should have or not have so that the findings are as useful as possible to all patients.
Module Contents:
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Section 1: Form the Team
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Section 2: Creating Our Breast Cancer Study Sample
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Section 3: Recruitment – Finding the Right Participants
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Section 4: Retention – Keeping Participants Connected to Our Study
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Section 5: Reviewing and Incorporating Stakeholder Input to Recruitment
Module 5: Understanding and Sharing Research Findings
This module describes the ways stakeholders help the research team make sense of the collected information and determine findings. It also explores how a study’s findings can be used in different settings and how findings are shared so that they can inform healthcare choices.
Module Contents:
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Section
1: How to Data Become Study Findings?
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Section 2: How Can We Identify the Limitations of Study Findings?
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Section 3: How Can Stakeholders Help Make Sense of Study Findings?
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Section 4: How Can PCOR Findings Influence Health Care?
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Section 5: How Can Findings Be Shared?