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Offered monthly, the Research Professionals Network holds a series of peer-led, collaborative workshops. These workshops are focused on topics relevant to research professional staff and are based on the MRCT Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency Framework. Each workshop is led and presented by staff at the collaborating institutions and affiliates and are supported by the Leadership Team.
The workshop series is an inter-institutional effort between four academic institutions and their affiliates with a Leadership Team composed of individuals from each organization.
- Boston University Medical Campus, Boston Medical Center, and affiliates: contact Mary-Tara Roth
- University of Florida and affiliates: contact Alexandria Carey
- University of Vermont, University of Vermont Health Network, and affiliates: contact Kimberly Luebbers
- Medical University of South Carolina and affiliates: contact Diana Lee-Chavarria
Affiliation with one of the collaborating institutions is required and is confirmed through the use of an institutional email on registration. Information about affiliation and to join your institution’s local RPN, please reach out to the listed institutional contact above.
Research staff at Boston University Medical Campus, Boston Medical Center, or its network affiliates can join their local RPN by completing this form. Questions about the BUMC/BMC local network can be addressed to the CRRO. Research staff at any other institution should reach out to the listed institutional contact above.
All previous recordings and slides are available in our Workshop Library.
Suggestions for future workshops are always welcome and can be submitted by completing our Training and Education Recommendation Form.
Since the workshops began in 2017, several publications have been written or presented on the RPN Workshops. A full reference list with links as applicable are available in our Publications Library.
Contact Hours UPDATE
All RPN Workshop attendees will receive nursing contact hours prorated based on confirmed actual attendance for each workshop. It is the attendee’s responsibility to ensure that their certification program accepts nursing contact hours. The RPN makes no guarantee of contact hours acceptance for any specific professional organization. All attendees will receive contact hours within 30 days of each workshop.
All questions about contact hours should be directed to the appropriate institutional contact listed above.
Credit for this educational programming is provided by the University of Vermont. In support of improving patient care, The Robert Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Academic Year 2023-2024 Workshop Offerings – All Workshops are scheduled for 3-4:30pm
Check back often as information is continuously updated when topics and presenters are confirmed.
Registration forms are available by clicking on the date for each seminar.
Pre-registration is required and a work email must be used to register.
Registration closes 24 hours prior to each workshop.
April 30, 2024 – Under-Utilized REDCap Features
This workshop will cover customizing surveys, using Alerts & Notifications, using Form Display Logic and setting up Missing Data Codes; along with some tips about using a secondary unique ID, Data Quality rule H, project bookmarks and creating Custom Record Status Dashboards. The presenters will also review some common mistakes made by REDCap users.
This workshop will be a live demonstration of techniques in REDCap. Participants will have the opportunity to follow along “live” using their own REDCap. If you plan to do this we recommend that you make sure you have access to REDCap are able sign in prior to the workshop. Note, if you decide not to follow along “live” that’s ok! You will still learn some important REDCap features and you will be able to do follow-along afterwards using the workshop video which will be posted in the Workshop library.
Presenters:
Taryn L. Stoffs, M.S. – Data Management Analyst II, University of Florida
Tripp Henderson, MS – Senior System Administer, University of Vermont
Objectives:
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
- Describe REDCap features such as Form Display Logic, Field embedding, Calctext, Missing Data Codes and other potentially under-utilized REDCap features.
- Use REDCap features for survey and database building.
- Describe examples of features in REDCap that are used in survey and database building.
Level: Skilled
JTF Domains:
- 6 (Data Management and Informatics)
May 9, 2024 – Self-Assessments – Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
This workshop will examine techniques that can be employed daily and longitudinally to ensure research professionals have methods to identify, correct, and prevent errors that may occur during various stages of a clinical study. Several self-assessment techniques will be presented.
Presenters:
Jennifer Holmes, CCRP – Research Navigator, Office of Clinical Trials Research, UVM
MaryBeth Horodyski EdD, LAT, ATC, FNATA, FNAP – Director of Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, UF
Sreevardhan Alluri, MPH, CCRC – Clinical Research Manager, Department of Ophthalmology, BMC
Objectives:
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
- Design, develop, and apply provided best practice methods to daily activities associated with clinical research studies in evaluating clinical research conduct and improve study documentation.
- Design checklists or format survey type reviews of clinical studies to engage research team members and decrease the incidence of errors or missing information for clinical trials.
Level: Skilled
JTF Domains:
- 4 (Clinical Study Operations (GCP))
- 6 (Data Management and Informatics)
- 8 (Communications and Teamwork)
Workshop Definitions
Fundamental: Considered a basic or introductory level. Workshop will include a focus on the basic elements of the topic but might briefly build on more in-depth skills. Individuals at this level are considered to be performing or understanding at an essential or fundamental level. Individuals may require some coaching or supervision for topic-associated task completion.
Skilled: Assumes the audience already has some fundamental knowledge of topic. Workshop could include a brief review of the basic elements of the topic and build upon that review. Individuals at this level are considered to be performing or understanding roles and tasks independently with a moderate level of expertise of the topic. Individuals are able to independently navigate topic-associated resources and use tools well.
Advanced: Assumes the audience already has some intermediate knowledge of topic. Workshop could include a brief review of the basic elements of the topic but will focus on a more in-depth review of the topic. Individuals at this level are considered to be demonstrating advanced skills and knowledge with the ability to teach, coach, or supervise others. Individuals consistently apply topic-associated critical thinking and problem solving.
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