Certificate in Clinical Research
Program
Program Chair: Pamela D. Connor, Ph.D.
Program inquiries: contact
The Certificate in Clinical Research program at the University of Tennessee
Health Science Center aims to enhance the education and skills of clinical
researchers by offering online, introductory graduate courses in epidemiology,
biostatistics, clinical research design, ethics, and other disciplines
related to the effective, efficient conduct of clinical research.
The 12-credit-hour nondegree program, leading to an awarded certificate,
is designed primarily for junior faculty, fellows, other healthcare professionals
and research-oriented individuals who are not in a degree program, who
seek initial training in the methods and skills to conduct clinical research,
but whose schedules may not accommodate traditional, classroom-based courses.
The Certificate program will provide the following online courses:
Fall 2008 / Fall 2009
- Fundamentals of Clinical Investigation (3 credit hours): BIOE 750
- Biostatistics for Public Health (3 credit hours): BIOE 720 section
701
Spring 2009 / Spring 2010
- Principles of Epidemiology (3 credit hours): BIOE 727
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Clinical Research (3 credit hours): BIOE
740
These online, self-paced courses will be moderated by experienced research
scholars and will be offered within the College of Graduate Health Sciences'
academic-year schedule of fall and spring semesters. Not all courses will
be offered every semester, so students may need at least two semesters
to earn a certificate if they follow the recommended plan for two courses
in the fall semester and two courses in the spring semester.
Estimated Certificate program tuition costs:
Click
HERE to view estimated costs.
Note: rates are subject to change without notice. Updates will be posted
when available, but prospective students may want to check with the UTHSC
cashier's office at http://www.utmem.edu/financeoper/cashier/
for more information about current UTHSC rates for tuition and
fees, which may also appear at http://www.utmem.edu/admiss/current_student_fees.pdf.
Prospective students will apply to the Certificate in Clinical Research
program for enrollment as nondegree students in the College of Graduate
Health Sciences (CGHS). Students will be expected to comply with regulations
and procedures of the CGHS and UT Health Science Center (UTHSC), including
procedures for enrollment and course registration, arrangements for tuition
and fees, and other expectations of students as indicated in the UTHSC
General Catalog and CenterScope student handbook. Admission to the certificate
program is not linked to admission in any other graduate program of the
CGHS; if students wish to enroll in another graduate program, they must
apply to it separately. Certificate program graduates who later seek admission
to the Master of Science in Epidemiology program in the CGHS may request
that credit from the certificate program apply toward credit in the electives
component of the curriculum for the M.S. degree in epidemiology at UTHSC.
Application Process for Certificate in Clinical
Research Program
Minimum Admission Requirements
This program is offered to qualified applicants holding
baccalaureate, masters' or professional degrees in a variety of disciplines,
including physical, biological, and social sciences, as well as the health
and medical sciences. Applicants should meet the following requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with a cumulative grade-point average of at least
3.0 (based on a 4.0 scale) from an accredited college or university;
- Submission of a completed application form for this program (see link
below);
- Official academic transcripts from previous colleges or universities
attended (applicants who have international transcripts must arrange
for an independent educational-equivalency evaluation company to submit
an evaluation of their international transcripts to this program at
their own expense; the evaluation report should include the grade-point
average based on a 4.0 scale);
- Recommendations from two people qualified to affirm the applicant's
capabilities for graduate academic work.
In addition, applicants must have sufficient computer literacy, English-language
literacy, and technical skills to participate in web-based, graduate-level
courses. Applicants must have regular access to a computer with a high-speed
Internet connection and with suitable technical support for online interactions.
Applicants should be familiar with using standard computer software for
word-processing, data-processing, Internet browsing, downloading and uploading
Internet material in various formats, maintaining Internet security, e-mail
handling, and related functions.
How to Apply to This Program
- Complete the required application
form for this program. The form is in a pdf file that you
can download and print from this website: click
HERE to view the form. (Note: To view pdf-formatted files,
you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which can be obtained
from Adobe's website at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.)
In completing the application form, leave the "Approved by"
lines blank at the bottom of the first page because the program will
obtain the necessary signatures of department chair and academic dean.
Mail the form to the following address:
Elizabeth Webb, M.A., Coordinator
Certificate in Clinical Research Program
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department of Preventive Medicine
66 N. Pauline Street, Suite 633
Memphis, TN 38163
- Arrange for official academic transcripts to be sent to the Certificate
in Clinical Research Program office address, listed above, from previous
colleges and universities that you have attended. If transcripts are
international, applicants who supply foreign transcripts for the purpose
of entry to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are required
to submit their transcripts to an independent, educational-equivalency
evaluation company at their own expense and must ask the company to
submit an evaluation report, including the equivalent cumulative grade-point
average on a 4.0 scale, to the Certificate Program address shown above.
Examples of educational-equivalency evaluation companies include World
Education Services (www.wes.org)
and Educational Credit Evaluators (www.ece.org).
Foreign transcripts must be evaluated for equivalency of college-level
education in the United States. Transcripts from any non-U.S. institution
must be verified and certified to generate a grade-point average (GPA).
- The application
form includes an area in which you should list the names,
addresses, and telephone numbers of two people who can be contacted
to recommend you for this program.
- Meet the application deadline of
May 2, 2009, to be considered for fall 2009
admission.
Following the application deadline, the program's Admissions Committee
will meet to review application files and to select candidates for a
limited number of openings in the program. The Committee's selections
must be further reviewed and approved by the Dean of the College of
Graduate Health Sciences before applicants can be notified of decisions.
Graduate courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, clinical research
design, ethics, and other disciplines related to the effective, efficient
conduct of clinical research are also offered by the Master of Science
Program in Epidemiology at this university. For more information about
the Master's Program, please click on the following link:
Master
of Science Program in Epidemiology
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