This online course, organised by Keele University, is designed to introduce the key components and uses of prognosis research to health professionals and researchers, including:

• a framework of four different prognosis research questions: overall prognosis, prognostic factors, prognostic models, and stratified medicine
• key principles of study design and methods
• interpretation of statistical results about prognosis
• the use of prognosis research evidence at multiple stages on the translational pathway toward improving patient outcome 
• the limitations of current prognosis research, and how the field can be improved

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