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The Clinical Research Scholars Program (CRSP) contains both didactic and practical research (practicum) phases designed to develop the necessary knowledge and research skills in scientific areas relevant to your career goals.
As a part of the application process, you will identify an investigator at Mayo Clinic with extensive clinical research experience who is willing to serve as your mentor. You will propose a period of study and career development consistent with your previous research and clinical experience to ensure your progression to independence as a researcher.
During the didactic phase, you must complete a postdoctoral master's degree in clinical research tailored to meet the needs of your specific research and career development plan. This didactic phase will ensure that you gain the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out high-quality, patient-oriented research. You and your mentor are jointly responsible for preparation of the program plan.
Together with your mentor, you will form an advisory committee to assist with the development of a program of study and to monitor your progress through your career development program. The didactic and practical research components of both phases must develop new knowledge and research skills in scientific areas relevant to your career goals. The goal of the research practicum will be to contribute new knowledge to the scientific field and provide data leading to the next step in your career plan.
Didactic Training
The master's degree will be personalized to your needs.
A total of six quarter credits can be transferred into the program
with appropriate permission from the course faculty member.
The required courses that comprise the didactic portion of the Clinical Research Scholars Program are:
CRSP Coursework (K12)
Master's Degree in Biomedical Sciences – Clinical Research (24 credits)
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Biostatistics |
Epidemiology |
Clinical Research |
Required
Core Courses
(20 credits) |
- CTSC 5605 Stats I
- CTSC 5610 Stats II
- CTSC 5690 Crit App/Stats Methods
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- CTSC 5300 Intro to Clin Epi
- CTSC 5310 Epi II
- CTSC 5390 Adv Epi Methods
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Discipline
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Specific Research Methods |
Multidisciplinary Research Methods |
- CTSC 5090 Leadership Principles
- CTSC 5850 Intro Behav Measure
- CTSC 5860 Behav Interventions
in Clinical Trials
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- Core 6000 Responsible Conduct of Research
- CTSC 5000 Intro to Clinical Research
- CTSC 5010 Protocol Development
- CTSC 5020 Regulatory Issues in Clinical Research
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Elective
Depth Courses
(Requires a prerequisite course) |
- CTSC 5630 Applied Power
& Sample Size
- CTSC 5640 Logistic
Regression
- CTSC 5650 Survival Anal
- CTSC 5710 Man/Disp Data
- CTSC 5750 Surv Anal
Biomed App
- CTSC 5910 Economic Eval
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- CTSC 5320 REP
- CTSC 5500 Intro to Gen Epi
- CTSC 5510 Gen Epi II
- CTSC 5380 Pharmacoepi
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Discipline
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Specific Research Methods |
Multidisciplinary Research Methods |
- CTSC 5290 GI Pop Sciences
- CTSC 5410 Epi of Cancer
- CTSC 5420 Epi of CV
- CTSC 5430 Epi of Muskuloskeletal Diseases
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- CTSC 5740 Systematic
Rev/Meta Analysis
- CTSC 5810 Qualitative Research Design
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Elective Breadth Courses
(No prerequisite course needed)
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Discipline
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Specific Research Methods |
Multidisciplinary Research Methods |
- CTSC 5120 CRU Human
Studies Methodologies
- CTSC 5190 Comp & Alt Med
- CTSC 5210 Clin & Trans Research in Oncology
- CTSC 5230 CV Res Seminar
- CTSC 5240 Pediatric Subj
- CTSC 5270 Hepatobil Path
- CTSC 5271 GI Cellular Physiol
- CTSC 5280 Applied GI
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- CTSC 5080 Elim Health Disp
- CTSC 5760 Med Decision
Making
- CTSC 5770 Diag Test Strat
- CTSC 5820 Survey Design
- CTSC 5920 Health Sys Eng
- CTSC 5960 Medical Inform
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| Workshops |
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Discipline
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Specific Research Methods |
Multidisciplinary Research Methods |
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- Write Winning Grants
- Writing for Biomedical Publications
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Research Training
The practicum phase must last a minimum of one year and will include the development and implementation of a new research project under the guidance of your mentor. You may also participate in ongoing projects conducted by the mentor. The goal of the research project is to acquire the preliminary data for the submission of an R01-level grant to the appropriate funding source determined by you and your mentor.
While the focus of the career development program is on the conduct of patient-oriented research, there can be complementary laboratory research if it is directly related to the patient-oriented research proposed in your application.
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