Fall Schedule 2016

Workshop: Introduction to RSAP Lecturer: Dr. Leonardo Tamariz and Dr. Ana Palacio Location, Dates and Times: August 9th 12:00-1:00pm- Room: RMSB 3rd floor auditorium August 10th 7:00-8:00am- Room: RMSB 1150 Objectives: Introduction to objectives and program requirements Complete Pretest Workshop: Research Resources and Sources of Data Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Location, Dates and Times: August 16th 12:00-1:00pm- Room: RMSB 3rd floor auditorium August 17th 7:00-8:00am- Room: RMSB 1150 Objectives: Familiarize attendees with available clinical research resources Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different freely available datasets Reading materials: Research data resources in Florida How to do clinical research with little or no money Online module: Research question Dates: Must be completed prior to August 23rd Location: Blackboard Objectives: Familiarize with the elements of a good research question Workshop: The Research Question Part 1 Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Location, Dates and Times: August 23rd 12:00-1:00pm Room: RMSB 3rd floor auditorium August 24th 7:00-8:00am Room: RMSB 1150 Objectives: Discuss the importance of the research question Discuss what a good research question looks like Discuss what a bad research question looks like Required Reading: Schardt C, Adams MB, Owens T, Keitz S, Fontelo P. Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2007 Jun 15;7:16.

Workshop: Refine Research Question Part 2 Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Location, Dates and Times: September 13th 12:00-1:00pm Room: RMSB 3rd floor Auditorium September 14th, 7:00-8:00am Room: RMSB 1150 Objectives: Discuss the importance of the research question Discuss what a good research question looks like Discuss what a bad research question looks like Required Reading: Schardt C, Adams MB, Owens T, Keitz S, Fontelo P. Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2007 Jun 15;7:16. Small group mentoring: Refining your Research Question Assistance Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates: September 13th-September 21st Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-4:00 pm Location: This time is allotted for one on one meetings with Dr. Tamariz with the members of your group and your mentors. Alternative times can be scheduled for additional assistance. Workshop: How to Use Calder Library Database Resources for Research Lecturer: Zsuzsanna Nemeth Date and Time: September 20th 12:00-1:30pm Location: Calder Library 3rd floor Computer Room Objectives: Find and navigate the library website. Understand requirements for remotely accessing the library’s resources. Gain a basic understanding of managing and searching the research literature via PubMed using keyword and advanced strategies (MeSH). Establish a NCBI account (PubMed) to save and send updated search alerts. Learn about tools to help you identify experts and collaborators (Scopus and SciVal Experts), elements of citation analysis and productivity metrics (Scopus and Web of Knowledge), and explore the resources available at the library’s research portal. Doing a Literature Review. Moshiree Required Reading: Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers by Alan M. Johnson Chapter 4: Selecting a mentor Chapter 8: Choosing your publication’s style and format Chapter 9: Where to publish

Online module: Study Design Dates: Must be completed prior to September 27th Location: Blackboard Objectives: Understanding basic Epidemiologic Study designs (Descriptive vs Analytic studies) Case-control vs cohort studies – understanding Relative Risk, Odds Ratio, Risk Difference Getting started – the Research Hypothesis and drawing your Study Schema Workshop: Study Design Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Location, Dates and Times: September 27th 12:00-1:00pm Room: RMSB 4th floor Auditorium September 28th 7:00-8:00am Room: RMSB 1150 Objectives: Describe the differences between all study designs Describe the advantages of all study designs Reading materials: Grimes DA, Schulz KF. An overview of clinical research: the lay of the land. Lancet. 2002 Jan 5;359 (9300):57-61 Small group mentoring Research Questions and Project Reviews Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates and Times: September 27th –October 7th Location: Office Objective: In this session individual group meetings will be scheduled to review each project to enjoy everyone is on track with the program requirements.. Workshop: Defining Outcome and Exposure Variables Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates, Location and Times: October 11th 12:00-1:00pm- RMSB 3rd floor Auditorium October 12th 7:00-8:00am- RMSB 1150 Objectives: Explore the definitions of outcome and exposure Identify the impact of different definitions of outcome and exposure Reading materials: Grimes DA, Schulz KF. Descriptive studies: what they can and cannot do. Lancet. 2002 Jan 12; 359(9301):145-9 Workshop: Fundamentals of Refworks Lecturer: Zsuzsanna Nemeth Dates: October 18th, 12-1:30pm

Location: Calder Library- 3rd floor Classrooms Objectives: Become familiar with Refworks Learn how to search from Refworks Learn how to insert citations in Refworks In this session you will learn to conduct and write a mini review of the literature on your topic. You will need to use 1 research article, and 1 review article from a peer reviewed journal. Building on what you have learned in PubMed, RefWorks, and refining your Research Question, your mini review will: Note the major achievements in the field. The main area of debate. And the outstanding research question. At the end of the session you will turn in your literature review. Which will be graded on a rubric on a pass/fail basis. Homework: Identifying the variables that will be collected Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates: October 19th–October 25th Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-4:00 pm Location: This time is allotted for one on one meetings with your mentor and Dr Tamariz or Dr. Palacio. Online module: Bias and confounding Dates: Must be completed prior to November 8th Location: Blackboard Objectives: Understand the terms internal and external validity, selection bias, and confounding. Workshop: Bias and Confounding Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates and location: October 25th 12:00-1:00pm October 26th 7:00-8:00am- RMSB 1150 Objectives: Understand the terms internal and external validity, selection bias, and confounding. Develop conceptual frameworks for each specific project. Discuss specific research projects and bias for each study. Required reading: Grimes D. et al. Bias and causal associations in observational research. Lancet. 2002;359 (9302):248-252.

Small group mentoring: Conceptual Frameworks and potential biases of each study Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates: November 1st 12-1pm or November 2nd 12-1 pm Location: GEM Rooms- This session will be a one on one review for those who require additional assistance with their projects. Workshop: Statistical Analysis 1 and Intro to SPSS 1 Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates and Location: November 8th 12:00-2:00pm- RMSB 2125 floor auditorium (TBD) Objectives: Understand the statistics used for continuous and categorical variables. Understand the use of means, medians, standard deviation, interquartile range and ANOVA. Workshop: Creating a Dataset for Clinical Research Lecturer: Dr. Donald Parris Dates: November 15th 12:00-1:30pm Location: Calder Library 3rd fl Electronic Classroom Objectives: Creating a data set that can easily be uploaded into statistical software to conduct analyses Identifying information that should be entered into the data set (e.g., patient id, visit date, and DOB) Formatting data (scores versus item level data) Merging data sets Workshop: Statistical Analysis 2 and SPSS 2 Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Date: November 28th 12:00-2:00pm Location: RMSB 2125 floor auditorium (TBD) Objectives: Understand the components of a Kaplan-Meier curve Review the concept of regression Understand the different types of regression Group mentoring: Review the individual analysis plan Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates: December 1st 12-1pm or December 2nd 12:00-1:00pm Location: This is a one on one meeting for those who need additional assistance with their project.

Workshop: Statistical Analysis 2 and SPSS 2 Lecturers: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates: December 6th 12:00-2:00pm Location: RMSB 2125 floor auditorium (TBD) Objectives: Review Stats 1 and 2 Workshop: How to Write a Completed Manuscript- Mandatory Lecturer: Dr. Ana Palacio and Dr. Leonardo Tamariz Dates: December 13th 12:00-1:30pm December 14th 7:00-8:30am Location: TBA Workshop: Final Session and Exam Lecturers: Dr. Leonardo Tamariz and Dr. Ana Palacio Dates: Complete prior to December 31st Location: Blackboard