title: Experimental design deck for clinical research: A new learning resource in aid of scientific thinking.
abstract: The Experimental Design Deck for Clinical Research is a simulation of a problem in experimental design in a card deck format. It is intended to stimulate the development of skills in scientific thinking by allowing the student, in a self-directed fashion, to design a clinical trial to test either a given hypothesis (specific deck) or a hypothesis that the player provides (general deck). In addition to its use as an educational tool, the Experimental Design Deck can be used as a guide to the application of scientific thinking in a variety of biomedical activities. It can easily be modified for application to problems in nonmedical research and evaluation.
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007858:Learning; D008722:Methods; D009359:Neonatology / Q000193:education*; D011340:Problem Solving; D012107:Research Design; D013664:Teaching Materials; D013850:Thinking