Capstone Certificate in Clinical and Community Outcomes Research

People who are interested in solving problems in community health, health services, or health policy, may want to supplement their training with the Capstone Certificate in Clinical and Community Outcomes Research.

Current research investments reflect an emphasis on research that looks for ways to translate what has been learned in controlled settings into positive outcomes in clinical practice and community health. This research requires the ability to:

• consider multiple factors that interact to influence a community or organization;
• form and manage research partnerships with communities and organizations;
• evaluate whether a health intervention or prevention method works or will be used; and
• articulate policy implications of health issues and interventions.

The Capstone Certificate in Clinical and Community Outcomes Research focuses on the development of these skills.

Depending on a student's course load, requirements can be completed in two to three years. The certificate requirements are flexible in that you may propose qualifying courses to be considered as elective credit. All courses are face-to-face and taught on the UWMadison campus during weekdays.

Further detail, including tuition and costs, is available at the Clinical & Community Outcomes Research website or by contacting the institute which hosts the program:

Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
University of WisconsinMadison
2112 Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705
[email protected]
608-263-1018

1. Develop a research question about a health concern of an actual community.
2. Select an evidence‐based approach to addressing the health concern.
3. Involve investigators from two or more disciplines and/or stakeholders from two or more sectors as partners in the project.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of collaboration skills for sustainable partnerships, e.g., benefits to the community partner(s) are built into the project; evidence of partner input to project design.
5. Employ data gathering and analysis methods that respect community partners' organizational culture, values, staffing, and work flow.

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution is required. International applicants must have a degree comparable to a regionally accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree. You must have completed your undergraduate degree, or similar, before starting graduate school.

A minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 semester hours (approximately two years of work) or a master’s degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required. Applicants from an international institution must demonstrate strong academic achievement comparable to a 3.00 for an undergraduate or master’s degree. The Graduate School will use your institution’s grading scale. Do not convert your grades to a 4.00 scale.

Every applicant whose native language is not English, or whose undergraduate instruction was not in English, must provide an English proficiency test score. TOEFL scores must be submitted electronically via ETS. IELTS scores can be submitted electronically or by paper.  Our office address is: UW-Madison Graduate School, Office of Admissions, 232 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706.  Your score will not be accepted if it is more than two years old from the start of your admission term. Country of citizenship does not exempt applicants from this requirement. Language of instruction at the college or university level and how recent the language instruction was taken are the determining factors in meeting this requirement.

Applicants are exempt if: