CERTaIN: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

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.

Engaging Patients and Stakeholders in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)

• Patient and stakeholder engagement in research, principles and benefits
• Tips for engagement

Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

• CBPR definition, principles, benefits and challenges
• CBPR versus traditional academic research

Shared Decision Making (SDM) in Cancer

• SDM models, definitions and myths
• SDM intervention effectiveness

Patient Decision Support Tools in Cancer

• Patient decision support technologiesand clinical guidelines
• Informed decision making, shared decision making and patient decision support technologies
• International Patient Decision Aid Standards collaboration

An Overview of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) in Cancer

• How PROs differ from other outcomes
• Choosing PROs
• Study design and PRO components

Designing Surveys: Asking Questions with a Purpose

• Survey purpose and types
• Survey samples, question design and format
• Reliability, validity and sources of error

Qualitative Methods of Research

• Qualitative and quantitative data comparison
• Mixed methods
• Thematic content analysis

Dissemination and Implementation Research in PCOR: Translating Knowledge Into Practice

• Common dissemination and implementation research questions and outcomes
• Path of research to practice
• Diffusion of innovation and the consolidated framework for implementation research

The Role of Health Literacy inPCOR

• Health literacy and its importance and impact on health status outcomes
• Methods of assessing health literacy in PCOR

Cognitive Impairment and Participation in Research

• Capacity to consent to participation in research
• Ethical involvement of cognitively impaired subjects
• Involvement of surrogate decision-makers for impaired subjects

Behavioral Interventions inPCOR

• Research partnerships in behavioral interventions
• Fidelity and adoption