課程資訊
課程名稱
臨床研究概論
Principles of Clinical Research 
開課學期
111-1 
授課對象
生物資源暨農學院  獸醫學系  
授課教師
劉乃潔 
課號
VCS5017 
課程識別碼
643EU2060 
班次
 
學分
2.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期一10,A(17:30~19:15) 
上課地點
醫院大講堂 
備註
本課程以英語授課。上課地點:動物醫院與張雅珮合授
限學士班四年級以上 且 限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:40人 
 
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課程概述

This course will introduce the importance of clinical research and evidence-based medicine, the relevant ethical considerations and guidelines for good clinical practice with a focus on the formulation of a clinical research question. In addition to practicing some of the essential skills related to critical literature review, this course offers support in basic statistical analysis, and to help make their research project a success (i.e. message delivery and publication).  

課程目標
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
• Understand the importance of doing clinical research and the link to evidence-based medicine
• Apply the basic principles of literature search and critical appraisal
• Follow good clinical practice guidelines and adhere to ethical requirements
• Identify a clinical problem, formulate a clinical research question, and select the study design
• Perform sample size calculation and basic statistical analyses
• Describe the principles of scientific writing
• Deliver research message effectively
 
課程要求
待補 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 備註: Friday 13.00pm-17.00pm. Please make an appointment with the lecturer via email (naichiehliu@ntu.edu.tw).  
指定閱讀
待補 
參考書目
• Petrie and Sabin (2020). Medical Statistics at a Glance. Fourth Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Holmes and Cockcroft (2008). Handbook of Veterinary Clinical Research. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2012). Academic Writing for Graduate Students ( 3rd ed.). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Krzywinski and Altman (2013). Power and sample size. Nat Methods 10, 1139–1140.
 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
Course engagement 
50% 
 
2. 
Final Blitz Talk 
50% 
 
 
針對學生困難提供學生調整方式
 
上課形式
以錄音輔助, 提供學生彈性出席課程方式
作業繳交方式
考試形式
其他
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
9/5  1. Introduction of the course: The importance of clinical research  
Week 2
9/12  2. How to identify a clinical problem for research  
Week 3
9/19  3. Literature review  
Week 4
9/26  4. Critical appraisal 
Week 5
10/3  5. Reference management  
Week 6
10/17  6. Study designs 
Week 7
10/24  7. Basics of scientific writing 
Week 8
10/31  8. Writing a research proposal  
Week 9
11/7  9. Basics of medical statistics (1) 
Week 10
11/14  10. Basics of medical statistics (2)  
Week 11
11/21  11. Writing an effective abstract  
Week 12
11/28  12. Presentation skills  
Week 13
12/5  13. Writing a journal manuscript 
Week 14
12/12  14. Blitz talk (1) 
Week 15
12/19  15. Blitz talk (2)