Research Exploration

Research Exploration

TITLE: Research Exploration

COURSE NO.: SOMN 619 听听听听听听听听听听

DEPARTMENT: Medical Education 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

DURATION: 1-hour in-person or virtual weekly meeting(s) 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

DIRECTOR(s): 听听听听听听

Name, Email: David Kennedy, 诲补惫颈诲.办别苍苍别诲测蔼耻迟辞濒别诲辞.别诲耻听
Phone: 419-383-6822
Office 听HEB 205 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

Name, Email: Steven Haller, steven.haller@utoledo.edu
Phone:419-383-6859
Office: HEB 205

Name, Email: Andrew Fribley, PhD andrew.fribley@utoledo.edu

COORDINATOR: 听听听听听听听听听听

Name, Email Margaret Hoogland, Margaret.hoogland@utoledo.edu 听听听听听听听听听听
Phone: 419-383-4214
Office: MLB 410

FACULTY: David Kennedy, PhD, Steven Haller, PhD, Andrew Fribley, PhD

SEMESTERS AVAILABLE: Fall, Spring听

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 10听

LOCATION: Hybrid, In-Person听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to become familiar with the research process from hypothesis, selecting a study design, testing the hypothesis, conducting research, data analysis, presenting, and writing up research results. This course will focus on study designs and techniques that are more applicable for research in basic science, translational, and clinical settings.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: (Link each course objective to Educational Program Objectives)At the conclusion of this elective, students should be able to:

MK-7: Apply scientific principles required to practice evidence-based medicine.
PB-2: Exhibit professional and emotional maturity by managing conflicts, coping with personal and professional stress, and practice flexibility in ambiguous situations.
PBL-1: Identify personal limitations in knowledge and clinical skills, independently set learning and improvement goals, and participate in reflective practice to continuously improve as a lifelong learner.
PBL-3: Incorporate all forms of feedback to address gaps in knowledge, skills, and behaviors.

PROFESSIONALISM: Students will meet the institutional standards for professionalism as stated in the current Competencies for Graduation.

METHODS OF TEACHING:听Course Directors, Coordinators, and guest lecturers will provide a workshop style. Research projects will come primarily from the Department of Medicine. Students will set individual goals at the beginning of the course and write a self-reflection at the end of the course. In groups, students will give presentations and provide feedback on peer presentations. Self-directed learning 鈥� outside of the 1-hour weekly meeting 鈥� will allow the students to work on their goals for the course and to do more in-depth analysis of topics of interest to them.

METHODS OF EVALUATION AND STUDENT FEEDBACK:

Completion of Group Presentation(s)
Feedback from Course Directors, Biomedical Research Society
Identifying next steps for your research project (due Week 16)

ELECTIVE COURSE EVALUATION: Course directors and course coordinators will be receptive to feedback throughout the course. 听听

PREREQUISITES: 听Must be a registered 淫妻社 Student, who wants to get involved with research.听Priority will be given to students, who have little experience with research and could benefit from step-by-step guidance and mentorship.

Week(s)	Topic	Session Objectives	Homework
	听	1)听 Introduce course directors, course coordinator, each student will introduce themselves 2)听 Searching Q&A 听	1) Create TriNetX Account. 听 2) Identify 3 key terms or words. 听 3) Read
	听	1) Review and discuss challenges between class sessions. 听 2) Discuss Big Data, Observational Studies, and the Electronic Health Record 听 3) Complete literature searches on your proposed topic 听听	1)听听 Review STROBE Guidelines and Policies 2)听 Determine if your project or question is feasible for TriNetX. 听
	听	听 1)听听 Two students will provide project updates. 2)听听 Dicuss how to鈥減itch鈥� a project. 3)听听 Prepare to meet your project mentor. 听	1) Schedule meeting with project mentor. 听 2) Continue refining project idea or practice running queries on topics in TriNetX.
	听	1)听听 Two students will provide project updates. 2)听听 Continue preparations for Mentor Meeting/Work on points discussed during Mentor Meeting. 听	1.听听 After meeting with your mentor, schedule a 15-minute meeting with Margaret Hoogland to check-in about class and todiscuss/troubleshoot things in a 1-1 setting.听Note: Depending on the goal for the session, 15-mintues might not be adequate.听 2.听听 Work on refining TriNetX Queries and project question. 听
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	听	1. Two students provide 听听听听听 updates on project. 2. Discuss Shark Tank format 听听听 and expectations. 听听	1. Prepare and submit your Shark Tank Slides to margaret a week in advance of your scheduled presentation. 2. Practice your Shark Tank talk with one peer, who is not in the class. Based upon their questions, revise your SharkTank talk. 听
听听	听	1)听 Shark Tank Presentations - 5 students present each week.	1) Prepare Shark Tank presentation 2) Adjust your project based upon Shark Tank feedback. 听
	听	1)听听听听 Two students will give project updates. 2)听听听听 Continue refining research questions and TriNetX queries.	Complete TriNetX Research Project Proposal.
	听	1)听听听听 Two students will give project updates. 2)听听听听 Work on projects and/or ask questions of course coordinator and faculty. 3)听听听听听	听
	听	1)听听 Two students will provide project updates. 2)听听听听听听听 Discuss final presentation format and expectations 听	听
	听	1)听听 Final week of student project updates. 2)听听听听听听听 Start preparing slides for final presentations. 听	听
	听	1)听 Students will come prepared with drafts of their presentations for review and revision	Revise presentation based on feedback
	听	1) Present on your research project 2) Identify your goals for the upcoming semester	听
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