CLINICAL RESEARCH COURSE FOR OPHTHALMOLOGIST
Program
MODULE I
PLANNING
Building a research question – choosing a research topic
Rufino Silva
Type of Studies
Luisa Ribeiro
Building a study protocol: Rationale, hypothesis, significant sample calculation, design
Patricia Barreto and Rita Coimbra
Applying research Ethics and authorities’ submissions
Luisa Ribeiro
Empowering research: networking for researchers (or developing participatory research)
João Breda
MODULE II
CREATING/CONDUCTING
Preclinical versus clinical research
Carlos Neves
Reliable data: records, certification, reproducibility
David Sousa
Collecting and analyzing data: Basic statistics
Miguel Raimundo
Creating clinical databank and network
Luis Figueira
Good clinical practice (GCP) guidelines
Lilianne Duarte
MODULE III
PUBLISHING RESEARCH
Focus on Peer Review. Predatory journals
Rita Laiginhas
Selecting the journal, adapting to journal, and submitting
João Breda
Scientific writing and publishing
Luis Abegão Pinto
Replying to reviewers
Amândio Sousa
EXPANDING RESEARCH RESULTS
Searching literature – Systematic Literature Review
Helena Donato
Scientific presentations
Manuel Falcão
Communicating to the public – social networks and media
João Pedro Marques
Copyright
Inês Leal