Clinical Investigator Preparatory Program

Please note: Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Investigation has been suspended effective 4/24/08.

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College: School of Medicine and Public Health

Designation: Interdisciplinary program

Majors and degrees offered: None

Other: Graduate Certificate in Clinical Investigation

Faculty: CIPP Mentors: Professors Graziano (director) (Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences/Medicine), Bakken (Medicine), Busse (Medicine), Carnes (Industrial Engineering/Medicine/Psychiatry), DeLuca (Associate Dean for Research of the School of Medicine and Public Health), DeMets (Biostatistics and Medical Informatics/Statistics), Dempsey (Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences/Kinesiology/Physiology/Population Health Sciences), Dixon (Medical Director of Covance Clinical Research Unit, Inc.), Drezner (Medicine), Fost (Medical History and Bioethics/Pediatrics), Gjerde (Family Medicine), Jarjour (Medicine), Moss (Physiology), Niederhuber (Oncology/Surgery), Riesch (Nursing)

The Clinical Investigator Preparatory Program (CIPP), administered by the UW-Madison Department of Medicine, offers a graduate certificate in clinical investigation. CIPP's mission is to develop independent investigators who are capable of leading successful clinical research programs. CIPP courses and requirements prepare and guide trainees in the responsible conduct of research, and meet this requirement for many training grants. To meet its mission, CIPP provides two to three years of course work linked to research and mentoring which is designed to give students in the health sciences the knowledge and skills to:

* Select and apply appropriate study design and statistics to research problems.

* Conduct clinical research according to professional and legal ethics.

* Lead and manage a productive career in clinical research.

* Teach and communicate scientific knowledge through verbal presentations.

* Write well-organized and logical journal publications, research proposals, and grant applications.

* Develop expertise in a research domain.

Students who wish to earn the graduate certificate in clinical investigation must be enrolled simultaneously in a UW-Madison graduate degree program. A capstone certificate is also offered for students not currently enrolled in a UW-Madison graduate degree program. Capstone certificate applicants are admitted as Special students through the Division of Continuing Studies; see www.dcs.wisc.edu/capstone.

For more information: Professor Lori Bakken, Co-Director, Clinical Investigator Preparatory Program, 7255 Medical Sciences Center, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706; 608/262-9198; fax 608/262-5135; lbakken@facstaff.wisc.edu; www.cipp.wisc.edu.

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The CIPP curriculum is supported by a variety of departments, centers, offices, and faculty that support clinical research. The Department of Population Health Sciences provides existing courses in epidemiology and leadership. The Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics offers courses in study design and statistical methods focused in clinical research. Ethics courses are conducted by faculty who reside in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics. Writing, leadership, teaching skills, and special topics in human-subjects research are provided through existing faculty-development programs offered through the General Clinical Research Center, and the Human Subjects Office. The Graduate School provides many seminars and workshops to assist in teaching the responsible conduct of clinical research courses. Seminars and workshops available at UW-Madison to meet the program's goals and objectives follow.

Basic Requirements

Responsible Conduct of Research for Clinical Scientists Workshop

Human subjects on-line training

HIPAA training

Total Credit Requirements: 16 credits

Statistics (3 credits)

or equivalent (e.g., Stats 571)

Ethics and RCR Training (1 credit)

or

Nursing 802 Conduct of Research in Nursing, 1 cr

Research Methods (6 credits)

Pop Hlth 797 Introduction to the Strategy and Methods of Epidemiology I, 3 cr

Scientific Writing (0-3 credits)

Scientific Writing II, Grant Writing II, 1-day workshop, 0 cr

or

L Sc Com 560 Scientific Writing, 3 cr

Practical and Research Experience (3 credits)

Practicum Course (select one):

Stats 543 Practicum in Clinical Trials (Data Management and Analysis), 1-3 cr

Medicine 699 Independent Study (Practicum in Clinical Research), 3 cr

and

Mentored Research Project (Capstone Experience)

and

Journal Club of Choice

Elective Courses (3 credits)

Anthro 909 Research Methods and Research Design in Cultural Anthropology, 3 cr

Bmolchem 612 Immunochemical Techniques, 1-2 cr

BMI 576 Introduction to Bioinformatics, 3 cr

BMI 643 Coordinating Center Methods, 3 cr

Genetics 565 Human Genetics, 3 cr

Phm Sci 768 Pharmacokinetics, 2 cr

Pop Hlth 798 Epidemiologic Methodology, 3 cr

Pop Hlth 876 Measuring and Monitoring the Outcomes of Medical Care, 3 cr

Psych 410 Psychometric Methods II, 3 cr

Soc 544 Introduction to Survey Research, 3 cr

Soc 751 Survey Methods for Social Research, 3 cr

Soc 752 Measurement and Questionnaires for Survey Research, 3 cr

Soc 755 Methods of Qualitative Research, 3 cr

Leadership and Teaching Core

MHR (Business) 702 Leadership Effectiveness, 2 cr or equivalent

MEDAL Teaching Program or equivalent

Supporting Workshops and Seminars (0 credits)

GCRC Lunch & Learn Series--Current Topics in Clinical Research I, II, meets monthly, 0 cr

Human Subjects Committee Workshops--ffered bimonthly, 0 cr

Graduate School Seminar Series, 0 cr