Research Enterprise Newsletter - February 2009: Education & Training News
Grants & Contracts training for December
The Office of Grants and Contracts Management offers training programs designed to educate medical center staff on both pre- and post-award research administration. Classes and registration information may be found at vanderbilt.edu/oor/gcm/training/.
IRB offers human subjects training
Upcoming VUMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) training is listed below. Register for IRB human subjects training at mc.vanderbilt.edu/irb/education/.
- Clinical Research Immersion Boot Camp
02/12/2009
Research Support Services
Research Orientation Program. This program provides fundamental information to support the development of skills and competencies essential to good clinical research practice. Participants may take the Purple shuttle from the MCN roundwing entrance to 2525 West End. This session is approved for IRB education credit. Lunch will be provided. - IRB Essentials: Guidelines for Data Collection and Data Entry
02/23/2009
Theresa Scott, MS, Department of Biostatistics
The session is now FULL and registration has CLOSED. This session will provide information related to data collection and data entry for research studies. Lunch will be provided. The session will count toward IRB continuing education requirements.
GCRC Weekly Skills Workshops slated
The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) is offering Weekly Skills Workshops every Friday from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. in the GCRC conference room, A-3210 MCN. Below are topics slated for upcoming workshops, which include a discussion, breakfast and CME credit. A schedule of upcoming workshops, handouts from previous sessions, and other resources can be found at mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/workshop.html.
| Date | Workshop |
|---|---|
| February 06, 2009 | An Overview of Exempt Research (Robert W. Green, BA, CIP - Institutional Review Board) |
| February 13, 2009 | New Informatics Tools for Clinical and Translational Research Studies (Office of Research Informatics) |
| February 20, 2009 | How to use Microsoft Excel: The Basics (Theresa Scott - Department of Biostatistics) |
| February 27, 2009 | How to work with Formulas & Functions in Microsoft Excel (Theresa Scott - Department of Biostatistics) |
| March 06, 2009 | How to Graph Charts in Microsoft Excel (Theresa Scott - Department of Biostatistics) |
