Spring 2027

Introduction to Clinical Trials I

Introduction to Clinical Trials I covers design and analysis of clinical trials, including hypothesis definition, sample size, randomization, and statistical analysis for biomedical researchers.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Richard Chappell3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop skills to critically review clinical trials literature

  • Formulate focused research questions, specific aims, and key outcomes

  • Recognize the strengths and weaknesses of alternative clinical trials designs and design components

  • Develop related technical skills, including basic sample size calculations and survival analysis

  • Write a clinical trial protocol with all its core components

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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B M I/​STAT 541

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RICHARD CHAPPELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Hypotheses, effectiveness measures, sample size, randomization, data collection/monitoring, and statistical analysis.
  • Research question formulation and defining specific aims and key outcomes.
  • Evaluation of alternative clinical trial designs and components.
  • Sample size calculations and survival analysis.
  • Clinical trial protocol writing.

Skills

  • Definition of hypotheses, measures of effectiveness, sample size, randomization, data collection and monitoring, and issues in statistical analysis.
  • Formulating focused research questions, specific aims, and key outcomes.
  • Recognizing strengths and weaknesses of alternative clinical trials designs and design components.
  • Basic sample size calculations and survival analysis.
  • Writing a clinical trial protocol with all its core components.

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BMI/STAT 542 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Clinical Trials I

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BMI/STAT 542 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Clinical Trials I

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