Eisenberg J M, Freund D, Glick H, Hall J, Halstead S, Labelle R
Section of General Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
J Clin Epidemiol. 1989;42(7):689-95. doi: 10.1016/0895-4356(89)90013-9.
The application of rigorous epidemiologic methods to clinical questions has broadened the scope of research in epidemiology and enhanced the quality of clinical research. The International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) has enabled physicians from developing countries to obtain training in epidemiologic methods and to provide leadership in clinical epidemiology in their home schools of medicine. The INCLEN program has recently incorporated another major theme of research training, clinical economics, which introduces research related to the effective use of limited resources. This article describes the rationale for the development of the INCLEN Clinical Economics program, outlines its organization and curriculum, and explores the challenges to its successful implementation.
将严谨的流行病学方法应用于临床问题，拓宽了流行病学的研究范围，提高了临床研究的质量。国际临床流行病学网络（INCLEN）使发展中国家的医生能够接受流行病学方法培训，并在其本国医学院校的临床流行病学领域发挥领导作用。INCLEN项目最近纳入了研究培训的另一个主要主题——临床经济学，该主题引入了与有限资源有效利用相关的研究。本文阐述了INCLEN临床经济学项目发展的基本原理，概述了其组织架构和课程设置，并探讨了项目成功实施所面临的挑战。
