Project Management
These resources, while developed with the postdoctoral trainee in mind, are useful to a broader group of individuals, including medical residents, study coordinators, and nursing or allied health students.
| On-campus Instructional Opportunities | Online Resources |
On-campus Instructional Opportunities:
| Credit | Non-Credit |
BMI 544: Introduction to Clinical Trials II
3 credits; fall
Intended for biomedical researchers, focuses on design, implementation, and conduct of clinical trials. Topics include: regulatory requirements; data collection; data quality and management; budgets; federal, institutional, and sponsor-defined requirements; establishment of research infrastructures; preparation of investigator-INDs; investigator responsibilities.
P: BMI 541 or equiv & BMI 542 & cons inst.
Graduate School Seminar Series
(via the Office of Human Resource Development)
http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/home/
Research Administration:
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/OHRDCatalogPortal/Default.aspx?tabid=29&SeriesKey=356
Intellectual Property:
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/OHRDCatalogPortal/Default.aspx?tabid=29&SeriesKey=348
The Graduate School offers many free seminars and workshops related to policies, procedures and regulations for research and graduate education through the year. The sessions are open to all members of the campus community. Presenters include representatives of the Graduate School Office of Admissions and Academic Services, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Office of Research Policy, Office of the Administrative Legal Services, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and other faculty and staff.The 2008-2009 schedule is posted at www.ohrd.wisc.edu under Graduate School Seminar Series. Please bookmark this site to check the schedule, presentation description, registration information and any additional seminars. A reminder will be sent at the beginning of the month with the listing of the seminars being offered that month.
For a complete list to use as a reference, see http://www.grad.wisc.edu/admin/outreach/GSSSsched08-09.pdf
Online Resources:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Practical Guide to Scientific Management
http://www.hhmi.org/resources/labmanagement/mtrmoves_download.html
"A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty" - PDF book available from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Includes materials on Project Management
NIH Clinical Center: Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research
Video archives of 2007-2008 course presentations are available for viewing at:
http://www.nihtraining.com/cc/ippcr/archive07f/menu.html
Site for information about the current NIH IPPCR course:
http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/training/ippcr/info.html
The Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR) is a study curriculum on how to effectively conduct clinical research. The program trains researchers in how to design a successful clinical trial by focusing on epidemiologic methods, study design, protocol preparation, patient monitoring, quality assurance, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues. Other areas covered include data management and ethical issues, including protection of human subjects. Videos include captions. Links to presentation materials are also provided.
