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Applied Human Research Project Management
Last Updated: 2026-06-01 11:31:13
Abstract
This course equips the students with several key principles such as good clinical practice, ethical study requirements, reproducible data management and effective oral, graphical, and written communication to design and manage good quality, ethically sound human research studies and represents a 101-toolkit of transferable research management skills/digital tools.
Objective
The overall goal of this course is to integrate transferable principles of human research project management into preparation, conduction, and dissemination of own/future research projects and beyond. The following objectives are part of this course: • Create/select well-founded research hypothesis and study designs for a specific research topic • Apply universal good clinical practice guidelines in future research projects • Integrate well-documented data management and open science principles into future research projects • Integrate principles of effective communication in speaking, writing and graphical illustrations of future research idea/output
Content
The course will cover the following topics: • Introduction to different study designs and ethical requirements thereof in Switzerland • Introduction to literature search and searching platforms • How to collect and sort publications/ keep up to date on research topic • Inputs on critically evaluating papers • How to pre-define study requirements to "future-proof" the research (hypothesis, sample size definition, pre-registration) • Correct conduction of fundamental human research procedures (e.g., screening, consent process, CRF) and identification/prevention of deviations and emergencies (e.g., SAE/AE, protocol violation, research misconduct) • Principles of reproducible and integral study documentation and data management (e.g., definition of source files, SOP/WI, Master Trial File, metafiles) • FAIR principles and open science • Design principles and free digital tools for graphical illustrations • Effective summarizing of research output/topic in an abstract and pitch presentation
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Semesterly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Max Places
- 30
Course Components
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| lecture with exercise |
Applied Human Research Project Management
Online lectures with exercises. Lecture videos (~1h) can be watched in an asynchronous format. Exercises/group work/plenum discussions will be at scheduled times.
The lecturers will communicate the exact lesson times of ONLINE courses.
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3 h weekly |