18th Annual Summer Research Seminar 
General Information
The Summer Research Seminar is designed for students, residents, faculty and other individuals in health-related fields with an interest in improving their knowledge and skills in research. Participation in this course should enable individuals to develop a research project including literature search, design, statistical analysis, use of human subjects, and publishing and presenting results. A project will be presented step-by-step along with each topic.
Course Materials
A CD of the seminar material will be mailed to each registered participant beginning August 17, 2009. You will need Windows Media Player and Adobe Reader to access the presentation and handout files.
Objectives
At the conclusion of these workshops, participants should be able to:
- State the steps required to plan and implement a research project;
- Identify available library resources and understand the principles of performing a PubMed search;
- Review and critically evaluate scientific literature related to initiating a research project;
- Recognize strategies for effective design of biomedical research;
- Understand the issues that have brought us to the current climate of research oversight, and the regulations and responsibilities pertaining to both the IRB/HSC and the research team (including PI);
- Know the fundamentals of biostatistical analysis of biomedical data; and
- List steps in the process of presentation and publication of scientific data.
Presenters
Ginger F. French, PharmD, CIM, CIP
Institutional Review Board Director
Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation
Jane Griffith, MSLS
Biomedical Reference Librarian
George J. Farha Medical Library
KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Stephen D. Helmer, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Research Scientist, Medical Education
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Peggy L. Johnson, BEd
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation
Teresa L. Jones, MPH, MT (ASCP)
Teaching Associate
Department of Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics
KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Research Scientist, Medical Education
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Scott Moser, MD
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Ryan C. Pate, MD
Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center-Wichita
Anne D. Walling, MB, ChB
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Dean, Faculty Development
KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Rosey Zackula, MA
Senior Research Associate
Office of Research
KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Program Agenda
Introduction - Stephen Helmer, PhD
Translating Theory Into Practice - Ryan Pate, MD
Searching the Literature - Jane Griffith, MSLS
Critical Appraisal of the Scientific Literature - Scott Moser, MD
Research Grant Writing and Funding Sources - Peggy L. Johnson, BEd
Protecting Human Participants in Research - Ginger French, PharmD, CIM, CIP
Research Planning and Design I - Stephen Helmer, PhD
Research Planning and Design II - Stephen Helmer, PhD
Statistics for Medical Research - Qualitative - Teresa Jones, MPH, MT(ASCP)
Statistics for Medical Research - Quantitative - Rosey Zackula, MA
Dissemination of Findings: Presentations and Publications - Anne Walling, MB, ChB
Translating Theory Into Practice - Ryan Pate, MD
Sponsors
This workshop is sponsored by The Wichita Center for Graduate Medical Education, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Via Christi Regional Medical Center and Wesley Medical Center.
Registration
Register online or print the Microsoft Word (.doc) registration form and return with a check to:
The Wichita Center for Graduate Medical Education
1010 N. Kansas
Wichita, KS 67214
Make checks payable to WCGME.
For more information contact Pat Buckles at 316-293-2665. The workshop is offered at no charge to all KU School of Medicine-Wichita affiliated faculty, residents, staff, and students. The fee for non-KUSM-W affiliates is $25.
