OHSU

Certificate

The certificate track of the Human Investigations Program includes required course modules usually taken over two years, plus a choice of an elective course and a mentored capstone experience resulting in an academic product such as a research proposal or publishable manuscript. A noontime seminar series, the HIP Buffet, offers practical research and career information. Students completing this track will receive graduate level academic credit and a Certificate in Human Investigations.


Eligibility

  • Applicants must have acquired an MD, MD/PhD, DO, DDS, DMD, DC, PharmD, OD, or an ND; have a Ph.D. with clinical responsibilities or interest in patient-oriented research; or be a doctorally-trained nurse. Graduate students already enrolled in doctoral programs at OHSU (PhD, MD, DMD) may apply with approval from student's program director.
  • Applicants should be faculty or staff at OHSU, Kaiser Permanente, Portland VA Medical Center or at other health care facilities or institutions of higher education in Oregon or the Northwest.

Requirements for Certificate Completion

For the Certificate in Human Investigations, at least 25 credit hours are required (24 credits for matriculates prior to Fall 2009).
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  • Required courses in the HIP curriculum (17.5 credits total)
  • Mentored capstone project (6 credits)
  • Choice of elective (at least 1.5 credits)
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Typical Two-Year Course Sequence

Year One Sequence
Year Two Sequence
Fall and Winter Terms:
 Fall Term:

HIP 510 Intro to Clinical Research
(All day seminar, 1 cr)

HIP 511F Clinical Research Design I (10 wks, 2 cr)

HIP 511A Proposal Development (2 wks, 1 cr)

HIP 514 Molecular Biology (8 wks, 2 cr)

HIP 516 Protection of Human Subjects (4 wks, 1 cr)
 Winter Term:  Winter Term:

HIP 512 Biostatistics (9 wks, 2 cr)

HIP 511A Proposal Development (2 wks, 1 cr)

HIP 517 Scientific Writing (6 wks, 1.5 cr)

HIP 507A Evidence-based Medicine (8 wks, 2 cr)
Spring Term:
 Spring Term:

HIP 511W Clinical Research Design II (11 wks, 2 cr)

HIP 511A Proposal Development (2 wks, 1 cr)

HIP 518 Intro to Outcomes Research (4 wks, 1 cr)

Choice of Elective (usually 6 wks, at least 1.5 cr)
Mentored capstone project (6 cr)
  • Provides an intensive, practical and supportive training leading to an academic product to be completed by the end of the 2nd year.
  • Choice of doing either a clinical research study designed, implemented, and analyzed by the student resulting in a publishable manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal; orwriting a NIH-compatible grant application.
  • Planned with the candidate's mentor and the approval of the program directors.
  • Total of 6 academic credits typically divided between two or three terms in Year Two, but the expectation is that trainees are working on this throughout the two years in the HIP Program.


Electives

  • HIP 512A Biostatistics Lab (1 cr)
  • HIP 520 Medical Informatics (1.5 cr)
  • HIP 522 Fundamentals of RCTs (1.5 cr)
  • HIP 523 Computerized Data Management (1.5 cr)
  • HIP 524 Effective Teaching Methods (1.5 cr)
  • HIP 527 Systematic Reviews (2 cr)
  • HIP 528 Applied Biostatistics I (3 cr)
  • HIP 529 Applied Biostatistics II (3 cr)
  • HIP 530 Influence and Effective Communication for Leading Research Teams (2 cr)
  • HIP 531 Best Practices in Project Management (2 cr)
  • HIP 532 Understanding and Managing Academic Organizations (2 cr)
  • HIP 533 Health Disparities and Community Based Research (2 cr)
  • HIP 509 Systematic Review Practicum (1-6 cr)