Events

Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 2: Literature Searching (Zoom)

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 10:00am to 11:00am

Virtual

This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references. We suggest that “Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review” be taken before...

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Virtual

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.

Hardin Open Workshops: NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans (Zoom)

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:00am to 11:00am

Virtual

NIH will begin requiring a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) on all NIH funding proposals starting Jan. 23, 2023. This session will help you create a useful and well-written plan that meets the requirements and can be put into practice in your project. We’ll dig into each section of a plan, including: describing the types of data for your proposed project; standards for data and metadata; selecting a repository; addressing preservation and access requirements; and considerations for access...

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Thursday, April 6, 2023 11:00am to 12:00pm

Virtual

This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account. PLEASE NOTE: Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project scratch and cover basic features such as: Building forms with proper field types and validation Assigning user permissions Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production This training is optionally hands on, so you can build your own REDCap project along with the...

Digital Health for Long-Term Management of Chronic Conditions / Health Equity in Research

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:00am to 1:00pm

Virtual

Forum: Ryan Shaw (Associate Professor, Duke School of Nursing) Digital Health for Long-term Management of Chronic Conditions Lunch: Whitney Zahnd (Assistant Professor, UI College of Public Health) Strategies for Incorporating a Health Equity Lens to Research

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Virtual

This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking virtual event link...

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover basic and intermediate features such as: Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml Outputting data automatically with calculated fields Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library And more This training is a demo and not hands...

REDCap Advanced Training

Thursday, April 13, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as: Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags and form display logic Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables Sending automated, conditional email alerts And more This training is a demo and not hands on. After this training, you will have an advanced understanding of REDCap. Register by clicking virtual event link above...

Hardin Open Workshops - Keeping Current - Online (In-Person and Zoom)

Friday, April 14, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Hardin Library for Health Sciences

Want to know as soon as an exciting new article is published? Tired of skimming the websites or paper copies of multiple journals to see what is in the new issue? This hands-on session will show you how to create a single destination for information from your favorite journals, databases, websites and blogs using RSS feeds and auto-alerts. Advance registration is required to participate on Zoom. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Hardin Open Workshops: Data Sharing and Publication (Zoom)

Monday, April 17, 2023 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Virtual

You’ve received funding for a project, and your research funder expects you to share the data. Or perhaps you are working on an article, and the journal requires you to share your data. In this workshop, we’ll walk through the process of preparing data for sharing or publication, important decisions to make, and ways to enable your data to have a broader impact. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes...

REDCap Surveys Training

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as: Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys Manually and automatically sending surveys Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login And more This training is a demo and not hands on. After this training, you will have a basic...

REDCap Data Quality Training

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss ways to manage and view data such as: Importing data from csv Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries. Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts Creating and exporting reports for data analysis And more This training is a demo and not hands on. After this training, you will have the tools to ensure your REDCap data...

REDCap MyCap Training

Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the seventh and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: Creating participants Creating tasks and schedules Active tasks and their unique data output Direct messages and announcements And more This training is a demo and not hands on. After this training, you will have a basic understand of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking virtual event link above...

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, April 27, 2023 9:00am to 10:00am

Virtual

This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking virtual event link...

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Monday, May 1, 2023 10:00am to 11:00am

Virtual

This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account. PLEASE NOTE: Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Hardin Open Workshops: NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans (Zoom)

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Virtual

NIH will begin requiring a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) on all NIH funding proposals starting Jan. 23, 2023. This session will help you create a useful and well-written plan that meets the requirements and can be put into practice in your project. We’ll dig into each section of a plan, including: describing the types of data for your proposed project; standards for data and metadata; selecting a repository; addressing preservation and access requirements; and considerations for access...

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project scratch and cover basic features such as: Building forms with proper field types and validation Assigning user permissions Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production This training is optionally hands on, so you can build your own REDCap project along with the...

Evidence-based Practice in Action / UI Center for Advancing Multimorbidity Science Showcase

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 11:00am to 1:00pm

Kirsten Hanrahan (Director, Nursing Research and EBP, UIHC), Laura Cullen (EBP Scientist, UIHC), Stephanie Edmonds (Nurse Scientist, UIHC) Evidence-Based Practice in Action: A Win, Win, Win for Iowa! Lunch: CAMS Directors: Sue Gardner, Barbara Rakel CAMS Pilot PI’s: Stephanie White, Catherine Cherwin, Julie Vignato, Anna Krupp, Allison Chi, Chooza Moon, Sena Chae \UI Center for Advancing Multimorbidity Science Showcase

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (In-Person and Zoom)

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Hardin Library for Health Sciences

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end. PLEASE NOTE Advance registration is required to participate on ZOOM. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30...

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Virtual

This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking virtual event link...

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover basic and intermediate features such as: Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml Outputting data automatically with calculated fields Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library And more This training is a demo and not hands...

REDCap Advanced Training

Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as: Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags and form display logic Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables Sending automated, conditional email alerts And more This training is a demo and not hands on. After this training, you will have an advanced understanding of REDCap. Register by clicking virtual event link above...

College of Nursing Commencement Ceremony

Saturday, May 13, 2023 9:00am

Hancher Auditorium

Doors open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony. No tickets required.

REDCap Surveys Training

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as: Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys Manually and automatically sending surveys Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login And more This training is a demo and not hands on. After this training, you will have a basic...