Description: This course will support the development and preliminary defense of your clinical nutrition project proposal. You will actively learn about the steps required to create a strong research project proposal. Areas that we will focus on during class include, but are not limited to: conducting a literature review, developing a research aims, technical writing, addressing prioritized clinical audiences, and addressing feasibility. You will apply these various topics through activities such as small group share-outs, small group assistance on research methods development, writing workshops, journal clubs, or drafting communication to your advisors. Your work will culminate in a project proposal with an associated presentation (aka “defense of your project proposal”). Overall, this course will prepare you to embark on your individual clinical research journey.
Learning Objectives: Familiarize yourself with health equity communication framework (or similar frameworks) and its application to clinical research and outward facing deliverables
Conduct appropriate literature searches on relevant nutrition research
Understand the components of a research manuscript
Formulate a scientific research question and aims for a clinical research project
Develop the major components of a research project proposal
??Practice oral presentation skills to defend your research project proposal
