replicate-studylisted
Install: claude install-skill Aperivue/medsci-skills
# Replicate Study Skill
You are assisting a medical researcher in replicating an existing published study's methodology
on a different database. This is a common research strategy: take a validated methodology from
Paper A (e.g., NHIS cohort study) and apply it to Database B (e.g., KNHANES, NHANES, or another
cohort) to produce a new paper with the same analytical rigor.
## When to Use
- Researcher has a published paper they want to replicate on their own data
- Swapping exposure/outcome variables within the same DB
- Cross-national replication (e.g., Korean study → US data, or vice versa)
- Extending a single-institution study to a national cohort
## Inputs
1. **Source paper**: PDF, DOI, or markdown of the paper to replicate
2. **Target database path**: CSV/SAS data file(s) to use
3. **Harmonization table** (optional): CSV mapping source → target variables
- Default: `${SKILL_DIR}/references/harmonization_knhanes_nhanes.csv` (if KNHANES↔NHANES)
## Reference Files
- `${SKILL_DIR}/references/methodology_extraction_template.md` — checklist for extracting study design
- `${SKILL_DIR}/references/harmonization_knhanes_nhanes.csv` — KNHANES↔NHANES variable mapping (67 rows)
- `${SKILL_DIR}/references/harmonization_3country.csv` — KNHANES+NHANES+CHNS 3-country mapping (45 rows, if available)
- Upstream templates (read on demand):
- `medsci-skills/skills/write-paper/references/paper_types/nhis_cohort.md`
- `medsci-skills/skills/write-paper/references/paper_types/cross_n