Session 3: Study Procedures and Data Elements, Sources, Uses, and Issues
Candice Preslaski, PharmD, BCPS
September 20, 2018
Session Objectives:
Pre-Session assignment: (Please review the pre-session lecture slides AND complete pre-session assignment before attending the session)
Session Materials:
Optional Readings:
Useful Tools: (See "Research Tools" for additional links)
Candice Preslaski, PharmD, BCPS
September 20, 2018
Session Objectives:
- Describe basics of a study procedure
- Illustrate data elements and sources
- Characterize methods for identifying study patients/subjects, exposures, and outcomes
- Appraise data limitations and means to overcome limitations
- Identify factors needed for and to calculate a sample size
Pre-Session assignment: (Please review the pre-session lecture slides AND complete pre-session assignment before attending the session)
- Pre-recorded lecture (By Tom Delate, PhD, MS)
- To identify any organization issues or missing data points:
- Complete this worksheet or an Excel version and bring a copy with you to review in your small group session (REMOVE ALL PHI)
- Example of the completed worksheet
- Complete this worksheet or an Excel version and bring a copy with you to review in your small group session (REMOVE ALL PHI)
Session Materials:
Optional Readings:
- Enhancing Causal Inference in Observational Studies
- Designing an Experiment: Clinical Trials 1
- Designing an Experiment: Clinical Trials 2
- Research Using Existing Data
Useful Tools: (See "Research Tools" for additional links)