Educational Research Spotlight: Grant Winning for New Professionals


Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Online

Grant writing can be an overwhelming endeavor. Winning a grant requires knowing where to look for funding opportunities, understanding the grant requirements, and then actually writing the grant. This session will provide attendees with an introduction to approaching grant writing and what it takes to be successful.

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy


Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Online

Join us for an introduction to the NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy. This policy applies to all funding applications and requires that applicants include a DMS plan as part of their application materials. Compliance with the submitted and accepted plan will be assessed, and non-compliance can impact future funding. This informational session presented by the Health Science Library will introduce the policy and the tools and resources Ohio State provides to help you.

Educational Research Spotlight: Two Group Comparison Refresher


Date: Wednesday, June 5 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Location: Online

Often in research we want to compare the results of two groups, or the difference of pre- and posttest scores of a single group. In these scenarios, it is important to know which two-group test is appropriate. This session will cover common scenarios when the data of two groups or time points have been collected and are ready to be analyzed. This event is certified for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.

Educational research spotlight: Building effective and efficient survey questions

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Survey research is one of the most used research designs. There is a strong likelihood that you have been asked to complete at least one survey this week. However, designing a good survey requires understanding how to write quality items and an understanding of how to order them. This session will provide guidance for how to select items that measure the construct of interest, how to order items to increase response and completion rates, and even how to write a good survey question.

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Everything P&T: Gathering Journal Article Metrics: Citation Counts and Altmetrics

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Do you need to gather citation information and other metrics for your publications for promotion or other purposes? This workshop will cover the basics of how citation and altmetric data is created, which databases and tools include them, and how to export that information out of the databases for your own records.

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Amy Caruso Brown: Introduction to Upstate anti-bias checklist

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Join Dr. Amy Caruso Brown as she introduces the curricular Anti-Bias checklist that is used throughout the US for curricular review in medicine and the health sciences. Amy Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS, is the Interim Chair of Bioethics and Humanities and an Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities and of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Participants will learn the rationale for anti-bias review in curriculum and identify steps they can use to incorporate the anti-bias checklist within their own teaching and curricular development.

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Leveraging sponsorship to build your reputation in academic medicine

While mentorship is a central tenet of professional development, sponsorship is critical to career advancement in academic medicine and health sciences. Join us as Manasa Ayyala, MD, from the New Jersey Medical School at Rutgers, for a live virtual talk from an expert in sponsorship where we discuss the benefits and role of sponsorship in advancing faculty and in promoting gender and racial diversity to high-level leadership opportunities.

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Everything P&T: Writing your narrative

The professional narrative is one of the most important if not the most important part of your dossier. This session will review how to write this narrative, which in many ways has the components of any well-told story and illustrates how to emphasize to all who review the dossier the theme of your work and its importance.

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Everything P&T: Peer review, how to make the most of your teaching

Teaching evaluations are a required component of your dossier. The goal of a peer evaluation should be to provide feedback which will support the student learning experience. But the peer-to-peer interaction allows for discussion of evidence-based teaching practices and can serve as a foundation for which to have collegial discussions and to receive constructive feedback. Facilitated by Georgia Bishop, PhD, professor in Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience.

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