Research Workshop
GME Research Workshop – Conducting Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Fall 2020
Message from the Director
On behalf of Creighton GME, I would like to invite you all for our annual research workshop. This is developed to assist house staff and faculty in the scholarly activity. This includes development of a research training curriculum designed to advance house staff knowledge of the basic principles of research, including how research is conducted, evaluated, explained to patients, and applied to patient care.
Kalyana C. Nandipati, MB,BS
Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Assistant Program Director of Surgery
School of Medicine
Course Description
This curriculum will provide the information necessary to initiate and complete a quality research project. The workshop consists of two days, each contains four hours. The February 7th session covers prep-for-research activities and manuscript development, whereas the February 21st session provides a survey biostatistical methods with a specific focus on creating effective consumers of the published literature. This workshop uses examples from the literature throughout.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to develop operationally defined research questions and testable hypotheses
- Learn how to conduct effective literature searches
- Familiarize yourself with research support contacts throughout the School of Medicine
- Understand how to initiate a prospective or retrospective research project
- Learn what data is available and the typical outcomes of interest
- Understand the components of a manuscript, requirements for authorship, and the timeline of the peer-review process
- Recognize the inherent link between study design and statistical analysis
- Assess statistical methods for appropriateness based on the nature of the data and relate the analyses back to the specific aim or research question being tested
- Understand and discuss the appropriate types of analyses given the nature of the variables under consideration
- Learn to identify a quality systematic review and understand the basics of meta-analysis
Recommended Textbooks (not required)
Altman, D. G., Machin, D., Bryant, T. N., & Gardner, M. J. (Eds). (2000). Statistics with confidence: Confidence intervals and statistical guidelines (2nd ed.). BMJ Books.
Motulsky, H. (2016). Essential biostatistics: A nonmathematical approach. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0199365067.
Meeting Timing, Location and Registration
The lectures are organized into two modules, each consisting of four 45-minute lectures (see lecture schedule below). You can attend any session; although, it is recommended that you attend module A before attending module B. Regardless of delivery date, within-module content will be consistent.
February 7, 2020 | 7:30am to 12pm | CUMC Bergan 11661 B&C |
February 21, 2020 | 7:30am to 12pm | CUMC Bergan 11661 B&C |
Pre-Workshop Evaluation Questionnaire
Lecture Schedule
Date | Time | Topic(s) | Faculty |
2/7 | 8:00-8:50 | Introduction, Developing a Research Question and Testable Hypotheses | Walters |
9:00-9:50 | Health Sciences Library: Database Searches, MeSH Terms | Mitchell | |
10:00-10:50 | Initiating a Research Project, Obtaining Data, Available Databases | Walters | |
11:00-11:50 | Manuscript Development and Authorship | Walters | |
2/21 | 8:00-8:50 |
EBM I: Descriptive Statistics, Decision Errors, Statistical Power | Walters |
9:00-9:50 | EBM II: Inferential Statistics for Continuous Outcomes | Walters | |
10:00-10:50 | EBM III: Inferential Statistics for Categorical Outcomes | Walters | |
11:00-11:50 | EBM IV: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Walters |
Course Director
Ryan W. Walters, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
CHI Health CUMC-Bergan Mercy
CU Education Building, Suite 502, Room 51266
402.280.3335
RyanWalters [at] creighton [dot] edu
Course Faculty
John Mitchell, MLS
Department Head of User Services
Health Sciences Library
402.280.4127
JohnMitchell [at] creighton [dot] edu