Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection

Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection


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Have you written a survey or designed a protocol for a research study? If so, you are familiar with the challenges of gathering consistent and standardized data. This course from the National Library of Medicine® is about making data collection and data sharing easier using common data elements (CDEs).

If you have read guidance about the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy, you might have seen that CDEs can be a part of a compliant data management and sharing plan.

This course includes:

  • Scenarios

  • Exercises