Target Audience
This highly innovative course is geared towards clinicians, researchers and policy-makers interested in clinical research with a specific emphasis in health services, health economics, outcomes research, and comparative effectiveness.
Goal
Taught over 15 weeks by 17 leading CER experts, the course will describe the current state of CER. CER tools will be defined (including various forms of CER from clinical trials, registry and observational research, technology assessments, and evidence reports) and methodologies used (e.g., effectiveness trials, decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, systematic review, meta-analysis) will be explained.
Additional questions to be discussed are:
- How/where can I find CER tools?
- How are the tools used in real world settings?
- What is the impact of CER?
- How does CER fit into the traditional research schema?
The curriculum covers six major stages:
- Evidence prioritization
- Evidence generation
- Evidence synthesis
- Evidence interpretation and integration
- Dissemination and application
- Feedback and assessment
The course material will be related to one of the 14 priority conditions and populations identified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and from the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) list of 100 priorities for CER. Specifically, it will relate to these IOM priorities: Quality improvement project or process, Provision of patient-centered care, Work in interdisciplinary teams, Use of informatics in patient care, clinical decision-making, error reduction, and /or knowledge management.
The course will also relate to the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement.
The course material will be related to one of the 14 priority conditions and populations identified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and from one or more of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) list of 100 priorities for CER.
This course will provide a general introduction for the novice and will also serve as an annual update by experts in the field for more advanced researchers. Anyone is welcome to attend. For all attendees seeking CME credit, the course is free of charge.
Learner Educational Objectives:
After completion of the program, attendees will be able to:
- Explain the rationale for CER
- Assess different approaches and methodologies in CER
- Discuss the national impact of CER on research funding, policymaking, and regulatory issues
- Evaluate the quality of new evidence from CER publications, findings, and reports.
