CERTaIN: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Course Description

In this course, you will learn about the characteristics of CER/PCOR, compare and contrast CER/PCOR studies and randomized controlled trials, and you will hear how PCOR researchers have overcome a variety of barriers to ensure patient-centered care.

This course includes the following 11 lectures:

1. Engaging Patients and Stakeholders in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
2. Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research
3. Shared Decision Making in Cancer: Models and Methods
4. Patient Decision Support Tools in Cancer
5. An Overview of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cancer
6. Designing Surveys: Asking Questions with a Purpose
7. Qualitative Methods of Research
8. Dissemination and Implementation Research in PCOR: Translating Knowledge Into Practice
9. The Role of Health Literacy in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
10. Cognitive Impairment and Participation in Research
11. Behavioral Interventions in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

This course is intended for anyone interested in comparative effectiveness research (CER) and patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) methods.

This course is supported by grant number R25HS023214 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.