For a complete listing of Mayo Graduate School courses offered for 2006-2007, click here. Some of the these courses may be considered as electives for CRTP.

Research

• Master's Degree Thesis
• Certificate Manuscript
• 2006-2007 Clinical Research Training Program Curriculum

Master's Degree Thesis
The thesis is the most important document that the Master of Science degree candidate will prepare during the course of graduate study. The thesis is an archival record of the scientific accomplishments that justify the awarding of the degree. The thesis contains complete documentation of the candidate’s approach to the research question. This includes a comprehensive review of the literature related to the thesis topic, discussion of the significance and potential impact of the focused question, the methods and measures used to address the question, the results and discussion of those results. The discussion of results should take into account their strengths and limitations, how they fit with and extend existing knowledge, implications for future practice and the next steps to be taken as a result of this research. The thesis represents the candidate’s approach to an original question posed by the candidate. Ideally, the thesis could be used as a springboard for a subsequent grant application.

Thesis Proposal Review Criteria

The submitted proposal will be reviewed by the Admissions and Academic Progress Subcommittee for the following criteria:

• Defined as clinical research (if animal model, justify significance to human disease)

• Scientific peer-reviewed - Demonstrated by minute excerpt from appropriate internal or external [peer-review] research committee

• Institutional Review Board (IRB)-reviewed - Protocol may be submitted with IRB approval pending

• Authorship - Scholar must hold first author status

• Appropriate scope - As outlined above, typically may result in two to three journal articles

• Role of the scholar – Scholar must describe his or her role in the design, development and implementation of the research project

• Feasibility

• Sufficient time to collect data/recruit patients

• Sufficient funding to complete study

• Define patient recruitment plan, including timeline

   

Certificate Manuscript
The manuscript summarizes the results of a research project that may be a part of the mentor’s larger research endeavor or an original question of the candidate. The manuscript is not as comprehensive as a thesis: the word count is usually limited by journal requirements. Submission to a journal is not required; however, the manuscript should be submitted to the committee in the same form as it would be submitted to a journal.

Manuscript Proposal Review Criteria
The submitted proposal will be reviewed by the Admissions and Academic Progress Subcommittee for the following criteria:

• Defined as clinical research (if animal model, justify significance to human disease)
• Scientific peer-reviewed - Demonstrated by minute excerpt from appropriate research committee.
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviewed - protocol may be submitted with IRB approval pending or identify IRB approval of larger project
• Authorship - Typically, the scholar holds first author status.
• Role of the scholar – Scholar must describe his or her role in the design, development and implementation of the research project.
• Feasibility

• Sufficient time to collect data/recruit patients
• Sufficient funding to complete study
• Define patient recruitment plan including timeline

2007-2008 Clinical Research Training Program Curriculum

Workshops:

• Write Winning Grants
• Scholarly Publishing – How to Write and Publish an Academic Paper