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edXCERTaIN: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
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Korshub's take
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research puts patients at the table, not on the sidelines. This 11-lecture beginner course shows how PCOR researchers engage patients and communities, design studies that matter to real people, and translate findings into practice.
You'll explore community-based participatory research, shared decision-making in cancer care, patient-reported outcomes, and how health literacy and cognitive differences reshape what "informed participation" means. Dissemination and implementation wrap the research loop—because finished research is only half the story. This is PCOR as a philosophy, not just a method.
About this course
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:
- Engaging Patients and Stakeholders in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
- Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research
- Shared Decision Making in Cancer: Models and Methods
- Patient Decision Support Tools in Cancer
- An Overview of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cancer
- Designing Surveys: Asking Questions with a Purpose
- Qualitative Methods of Research
- Dissemination and Implementation Research in PCOR: Translating Knowledge Into Practice
- The Role of Health Literacy in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
- Cognitive Impairment and Participation in Research
- 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.
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