Explaining research design
Create a clinical trial design explainer video
Create a clinical trial design explainer from your protocol summary and a written description of participant flow. AutoScribble helps you organise the supplied groups, stages and endpoints into an editable whiteboard script. Keep the video focused on how the study is structured, using the terminology and distinctions provided by the research team in the source.
Audience: Trial educators and research teams
Edit your script before generating the video.
Editable starter prompt
Draft a 120-second, 16:9 whiteboard explanation of the clinical trial design described below for [audience]. Use the supplied group labels, sequence, timing and endpoint definitions. Distinguish planned design from completed study activity. Introduce the comparison before explaining what will be measured, and describe participant flow using the text I provide. Do not invent group sizes, assignment methods, interventions or outcomes. Keep this an educational design overview rather than participation or treatment advice. Suggest simple labelled stages and finish with the design question viewers should understand. [Paste your source material here]
Trial designs can be difficult to explain when group structure, timing and measurement appear together on one page. Begin by deciding whether the audience needs a teaching overview or an introduction to a particular study. Then write the design as a sequence in words, marking the points where participants follow different paths or outcomes are assessed.
Create a group-and-timeline outline
List the groups described in the source, how they are formed, the stages they follow and when the specified outcomes are assessed. Keep planned steps distinct from completed activity. Describe the meaning of any branches in your participant-flow diagram, rather than asking the animation to infer the design from the visual layout or create missing protocol detail.
Introduce comparisons before naming outcomes
Explain which groups or stages are being compared before listing the measurements that matter. Define an endpoint in the wording used by your teaching or trial brief. Keep the same labels throughout the script so viewers can follow the design without continually learning new names. Show only the branches necessary for the selected overview and audience.
Review the sequence against the study brief
Check that the narration preserves the supplied order and the distinction between assignment, follow-up and analysis where relevant. Do not allow a neat scene transition to imply a step that the protocol does not contain. A two-minute landscape draft can introduce the design, with the full protocol or teaching material providing the detailed information outside the video.
Illustrative storyboard
A possible scene sequence
A study-design overview following the groups and stages in the supplied description.
- Scene 1
Visual
The study question appears above the supplied study context.
Narration
The design is organised around this research question.
- Scene 2
Visual
Group labels appear with the source’s explanation of their formation.
Narration
These are the groups described in the study design.
- Scene 3
Visual
A labelled timeline follows the stated stages.
Narration
Each group follows the sequence set out in the source.
- Scene 4
Visual
The supplied endpoints are connected to the study question.
Narration
These measurements relate back to the question the design addresses.
Example storyboard; your generated video will vary.
Questions
- Can the video explain a proposed trial?
- Yes. Make the planned status explicit and supply the design description. Keep future steps in the appropriate tense, and do not imply that outcomes have already been observed.
- Do I need to paste a participant-flow diagram?
- Paste the labels and explain the flow in words. The workflow creates a narrated overview from text and does not promise exact reproduction or interpretation of an original diagram.
- Should eligibility and recruitment detail be included?
- Include only the detail needed for the selected educational purpose. A design overview should not accidentally become a complete participant-information or recruitment message.
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