Database Design in REDCap: Orientation
Learning Outcomes
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Learning Outcomes
- Explain the purpose of REDCap in clinical research database design and electronic data capture.
- Distinguish between common REDCap project types and choose an appropriate structure for different study designs.
- Describe how projects, instruments, fields, events, records, reports, user rights, and audit trails fit together.
- Build database instruments using appropriate field types, validation rules, branching logic, and calculated fields.
- Explain how longitudinal projects, repeating instruments, and Data Access Groups support complex and multisite research workflows.
- Apply role-based user permissions that protect confidentiality and support study operations.
- Describe the process of moving a REDCap project from development to production.
- Plan and conduct User Acceptance Testing before deploying a clinical research database.