REDCap Basic Training
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:
• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating...
Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 1: Nuts & Bolts (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
This class will provide a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review. Topics will include the following: standards and criteria to consider, establishing a plan, registering a protocol, developing a research question, determining where to search, identifying search terms, reporting search strategies, and managing references.
PLEASE NOTE
Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the...
REDCap Intermediate Training
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:
• 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
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags
• Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts...
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (In Person and Zoom)
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Hardin Library for Health Sciences
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:
Advance registration is required to participate on Zoom. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.
REDCap Surveys Training
Thursday, October 17, 2024 10:00am
Virtual
This is the third 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 Advanced Training
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as:
• Importing data from csv
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic
• Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables
• Sending automated, conditional email alerts
• Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries
• 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 the virtual event link above or by going here: https://redcap.link/icts_training
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Basic - Online Version (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI affiliates. It allows you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. EndNote Basic is not the same as the desktop software, Endnote.
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 MyCap Training
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the fifth 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 understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.
Register by clicking the virtual event link...
TriNetX Basic Training
Thursday, October 24, 2024 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 the virtual event link...
REDCap Data Handling
Thursday, October 24, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:
• Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with VLOOKUP
• Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering
• Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables
• Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables
• Transforming unusable data to...
College of Nursing Homecoming Tailgate
Friday, October 25, 2024 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Nursing Building
Join us at the College of Nursing for the annual homecoming tailgate!
This event is FREE and family-friendly.
Parking is available in the Newton Road Ramp.
Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 2: Literature Searching (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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...
Commitment to Internationalization Lecture: Iowa alumna Debra Cagan breaks down U.S. geopolitics ahead of the 2024 election
Thursday, October 31, 2024 3:00pm to 4:30pm
University Capitol Centre
Renowned foreign policy expert and University of Iowa (UI) alumna Debra Cagan (BGS ‘75, MA ‘77), will deliver a timely lecture leading up to the 2024 general election, offering critical insights into the current landscape of U.S. geopolitics.
TriNetX Basic Training
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 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 the virtual event link...
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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:
Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)
Thursday, November 7, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
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.
Please Note:
Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Virtual registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30...
REDCap Basic Training
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:
• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating...
REDCap Intermediate Training
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:
• 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
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags
• Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts...
REDCap Surveys Training
Thursday, November 14, 2024 10:00am
Virtual
This is the third 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 Advanced Training
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as:
• Importing data from csv
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic
• Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables
• Sending automated, conditional email alerts
• Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries
• 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 the virtual event link above or by going here: https://redcap.link/icts_training
REDCap MyCap Training
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the fifth 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 understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.
Register by clicking the virtual event link...
Hardin Open Workshops - Finding the Right Journal for your Manuscript (Zoom)
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Hardin Library for Health Sciences
There are an overwhelming number of health sciences journals, but how do you know which ones are best to target for submitting your work? This session will provide a demonstration of tools to use to create a list of appropriate journals to consider. Resources to help you evaluate the quality of health sciences journals will be reviewed. Time for guided practice using the resources will also be provided.
PLEASE NOTE
Advance registration is required for Zoom classes, though walk-ins are...
Study Abroad Conversation Series: Internship, Career, and Résumé Prep
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Virtual
Your study abroad experience can be a game-changer for your career! Find out how to leverage international internships, incorporate study abroad into your résumé, and make your global experiences stand out to future employers.
The Study Abroad Conversation Series amplifies the voices of students who studied abroad allowing them to share their experiences and stories with students whether they have committed to studying abroad or not. All conversations feature current or former study abroad...
TriNetX Basic Training
Thursday, November 21, 2024 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 the virtual event link...
REDCap Data Handling
Thursday, November 21, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:
• Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with VLOOKUP
• Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering
• Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables
• Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables
• Transforming unusable data to...
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