Section 1
Fundamental clinical epidemiologic principles & concepts
Learning Schedule22 June – 12 July 2026
- Clinical challenges: DEPTh model
- Clinical research design: principles and concepts
- Clinical research questions based on the DDO(T) framework
- Understanding study base: from theory to practice
- Cohort membership
- Case-control: Sampling of cohort
- Cross-sectional membership and its analogous
- Epidemiologic measurements I: Measures of occurrence
- Epidemiologic measurements II: Measures of association
- Clinical research measurements and instruments
- Fundamental statistical concepts for clinical researchers
- Fundamental data management and informatics for clinical researchers
- Designing clinical research: from questions to designs
- Different objectives in Clinical research: Descriptive, Explore, Explain and Prediction
Section 2
Diagnosis and Prognosis research: Designs & Standards [Non-causal research theme]
Learning Schedule13 July – 2 August 2026
- Similarity of Diagnosis and Prognosis research
- Diagnostic research
- Diagnostic research classification: matching questions with designs
- Basic concepts of diagnostic accuracy indices
- Diagnostic accuracy research: designs & concepts
- Diagnostic added-value research: design & concepts
- Diagnostic prediction research: design & concepts
- Diagnostic intervention research: design & concepts
- Diagnostic research design reporting standards and quality assessment
- Prognosis research classification: matching questions with designs
- Fundamental prognosis research: designs & concepts
- Prognostic factor research: designs & concepts
- Prognostic model research: design & concepts
- Stratified medicine research: design & concepts
- Prognosis research design reporting standards and quality assessment
Section 3
Etiologic and Therapeutic Research: Designs & Standards
Learning Schedule3 August – 23 August 2026
- Etiologic research classification: matching questions with designs
- Basic Concepts of Causality and Introduction to Causal Diagrams
- Explanatory (causal) risk factor research: design & concepts
- Exploratory (non-causal) risk factor research: design & concepts
- Etiologic research design reporting standards and quality assessment
- Therapeutic research classification: matching questions with designs
- Randomised controlled trial: design & concepts
- Non-Randomized Design Reporting Standards and Quality Assessment
- Target trial emulation: design & concepts
- Randomized Design Reporting Standards and Quality Assessment
- Non-Randomised design reporting standards and quality assessment
- Target trial design reporting standards and quality assessment
Section 4
Evidence Synthesis and Health Technology Assessment, Practical Issues and Essential Topics in CE
Learning Schedule23 August – 20 September 2026
- Evidence synthesis: systematic review and meta-analysis
- Evidence synthesis: network meta-analysis- Introduction to health technology assessment for clinical researchers
- Fundamental ethical principles for clinical researchers
- Fundamental sample size calculation for clinical researchers
- How to draft proper clinical research proposals
- How to perform an effective literature review in the age of GenAIs?
- Practical points: manuscripts, publications, journals, and authorships