A successful pharmaceutical outcomes and policy researcher must have the ability to independently assess the literature in order to identify a clinically relevant research question, design a study that will address the question and analyze and present the results appropriately to the scientific community. This course will provide an introduction to the conduct of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy research through in-depth didactic and practical instruction on the development, design, and presentation of relevant research study. The course will have two components. Approximately half of the course will involve didactic instruction on specific topics related to the conduct and execution of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy research and half will be a hands-on experience in which the learner develops their own research question and hypothesis, designs a study and begins to analyze an existing healthcare dataset in order to answer a relevant pharmaceutical outcomes and policy question and present the results.

A successful pharmaceutical outcomes and policy researcher must have the ability to independently assess the literature in order to identify a clinically relevant research question, design a study that will address the question and analyze and present the results appropriately to the scientific community. This course will provide an introduction to the conduct of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy research through in-depth didactic and practical instruction on the development, design, and presentation of relevant research study. The course will have two components. Approximately half of the course will involve didactic instruction on specific topics related to the conduct and execution of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy research and half will be a hands-on experience in which the learner develops their own research question and hypothesis, designs a study and begins to analyze an existing healthcare dataset in order to answer a relevant pharmaceutical outcomes and policy question and present the results.