CREDO - Study Design

The CREDO Study design module provides the student with an introduction to the major types of clinical research that may be conducted during an outbreak, the particular challenges to research design that may be encountered during outbreaks, and the approaches to research design which may be used to mitigate these challenges. 

This module has a separate but associated module – CREDO Statistics, which provides a background of statistical principles relevant to clinical research and trial design. 

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

1. Describe different types of clinical research and study designs.
2. Describe the characteristics of emerging and epidemic prone infectious disease (EEID) that may present challenges for conducting clinical research.
3. Outline possible approaches to study design that can be used to mitigate the challenges of conducting clinical research on EEIDs.