Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine

Research Curriculum PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joshua Keckley   
Monday, 19 January 2009 17:14

Lecture Series 

Translating research into clinical practice presented by research division.
  1. Research Roles and Resources
  2. Summarizing Data (Mean, Median, Range, Graphing, Etc.)
  3. Overvalue of P-Values (Type I / Type II Errors)
  4. Comparing Two Groups
  5. Diagnostic Testing (Analytical)
  6. Diagnostic Testing, Characteristics (Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value, Negative Predictive Value, Likelihood Ratios)
  7. Clinical Prediction Rules

Journal Club

Emergency Medicine Journal Club has been a tradition in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt. It is a dynamic process based on feedback from the Emergency Medicine residents, nurses and faculty. It is held once per month from 6-8 PM at the home of one of the faculty. Dinner and an opportunity for brief socializing is provided. Using an evidence-based medicine standard, 6-7 journal articles are distributed 2 weeks prior for the residents, nurses and faculty to review.

Each article is assigned to a resident to briefly (3-5 minutes) summarize for the group. Typically study design, power, bias and clinical application are discussed. Then the entire group is asked to comment. This invariably leads to an interesting discussion of the generalizability of the findings including personal experience, preferences and values.

Spring Senior Research Day

Senior Research Day is held each spring, typically the beginning of May, where Emergency Medicine Senior residents are given the opportunity to present their research findings. A wide range of topics including education, clinical and clinical research trials are introduced. It is a day of thought provoking research presentations in a format fashioned after national research presentations with a 10-minute slide presentation followed by five minutes of questions from the audience.
 

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