Open Access Medical Education
Committed to sharing Internal Medicine focused lectures as free open access medical education.
Dr. Nancy Kubiak presents an Introduction to Writing Case Reports by first identifying a clinical case appropriate for presentation. She then discusses learning objectives that emphasize the main teaching points of the case. After, she recognizes a "backwards approach" to writing case reports.
Read MoreDr. Julio Ramirez presents Clinical Research: From Idea to Publication, by first outlining his discussion on clinical research as definitions and study designs, planning and performing the study, analyzing study results, disseminating study findings, and finally, clinical research infrastructure.
Read MoreIn the Eleventh lecture of our Research Series, Stephen Furmanek discusses Quality Improvement projects. This video examines different methods for displaying the results and how to determine which method is best.
Read MoreIn the Tenth lecture of our Research Series, Annuradha Persaud discusses various aspects of Diagnostic Tests. More specifically, this video will discuss how to calculate the measures of diagnostic accuracy, how to utilize the calculations clinically, and how to interpret RUC curves and AUC curves.
Read MoreIn the Ninth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Brian Guinn discusses different ways to interpret Categorical Data. This lecture specifically looks at risk ratios, odds ratios, and Chi squared.
Read MoreIn the Eighth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Stephen Furmanek discusses the difference between clinical thinking and statistical thinking. Topics also covered are p-values, effect sizes, and confidence intervals.
Read MoreIn the Seventh lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Annuradha Persaud discussesthe uses of REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture). REDCap is a browser-based, metadata-driven EDC software solution and workflow methodology for designing clinical and transnational research databases.
Read MoreIn the Sixth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Paula Peyrani discusses the process of clinical research. Some of the topics examined are Data Collection, Pretesting, Data Entry, and Data Quality.
Read MoreIn the Fifth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Paula Peyrani discusses the IRB (Institutional Review Board) review process, and how to determine which type of review (exempt, expedited, or full) a study needs. This video also examines the regulatory documentation process.
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