The Question Is: What Is the Question? | Understanding Medical Research

Every medical study links an exposure to an outcome, and the question the researchers wanted to ask is often larger than the one they actually asked. This video covers how to name the exposure and outcome in any study, which exposures can change, and the three hard outcomes. Chapters: 00:00 Goals 00:38 Gun shows and firearm deaths 02:08 What counts as an exposure 04:03 Hard and soft outcomes 05:34 Causal diagrams, mediators, and confounders 07:59 The exposure outcome game 08:54 Take-home points Learning objectives: After watching, you'll be able to: - Identify the exposure and the outcome in a medical study - Classify outcomes as hard (birth, death, quality of life) or soft - Trace a causal diagram that includes a mediator or a confounder 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewVyTec_MVGxIbNSEeMhEsZ 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/medical-research 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/understanding-medical-research-your-facebook-friend-wrong