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Training activitiesOur approach to training supports the engagement of scientific inquiry across disciplinary boundaries, as well as center and institutional structures. Opportunities for developing the competencies will provided in a variety of ways in the proposed training program. Fellows will be able to enroll in or audit graduate-level courses at one of the collaborating institutions. Other modalities of learning will include: short courses, modules (or mini-courses focused on a very specific learning objective), lectures, journal club, research group meetings, workshops, and the summer HSR Institute. A brief description of these training activities is provided below. Core Courses: Fellows can choose from a wide selection of coursework at each of the participating Institutions. The table below shows relevant courses across each institution. Fellows with prior methods training selecting Brown as a training site will be encouraged to take a new year long course in Advanced Topics in Comparative Effectiveness Research (PHP2455) that is team taught by the methods faculty in Health Services, Policy & Practice. Relevant courses across at Brown University, Boston University and University of Pittsburgh Brown UniversityBUU PittHealth SystemsPHP 2400 The U.S. Health Care SystemPHP 1100 Comparative Healthcare SystemsSOC2310. Health Institutions and ProfessionsPHP2400 The U.S. Health Care System: Case Studies in Financing, Delivery, Regulation and Public HealthPHP 2410E S01 Medicare, a Data Based Policy ExaminationPHP 0310 Health Care in the United StatesPHP 1530 S01 Case Studies in Public Health The Role of Governments, Communities and ProfessionsSOC 0300K Inequalities and HealthPAI 1700K Health Policy ChallengesPM 702 Introduction to Health Policy, Delivery, and ManagementPM 755: Health Care Delivery Systems: Issues and InnovationsPM 814 Contemporary Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Health ServicesPM 824 Theory and Research on OrganizationsPM 826 Health, Illness, and the Use of Health ServicesPM 838: Health Politics and PolicyPM 850: Consumer Organizing and Advocacy for Health System ChangeEH 805: Environmental Health Science, Policy and LawIH 704: Global Public Health and Medical Care: A Systems ApproachIH 722: Supply Chain Management for Improved Health System PerformanceIH 757: Fighting Corruption through Accountability and TransparencyLW 751: Public Health LawLW 830: Health Insurance, Health Reform, and the LawHPM 2001 Health Policy and Management in Public HealthHPM 2010 Organization Studies: Theory and Applications of Health Care SystemsHPM 2055 Managing Health Programs and ProjectsHPM 2063 Political Strategy and Health PolicyHPM 2064 Health Policy AnalysisHPM 2105 Health and Medical Care OrganizationHPM 2135 Health PolicyHPM 2218 Integrated Delivery Systems NetworkResearch MethodsPHP 2420 Evaluating Public Health Programs and PoliciesPHP 2040 Applied Research MethodsPHP 2019 Measurement Issues in Health CarePHP 2350 Decision Analysis in Public Health Policy and PracticePHP 2430 Analysis of Population Based Data SetsPHP 2030 Clinical Trials MethodologyPHP2440 Advanced Pharmaco-epidemiologyPHP2350. Decision Analysis in Public Health Policy and PracticePHP 2030 Decision and Economic AnalysisPHP2455 Advanced Topics in Comparative Effectiveness ResearchSOC2230. Techniques of Demographic AnalysisSOC1871F. Principles and Methods of Geographic Information SystemsPHP 2360 Designing and Evaluating Public Health InterventionsPHP2470 Topics in Clinical, Translational and Health Services ResearchECON 1629 S01 Applied Research Methods for EconomistsECON 2020 Applied Economic AnalysisEP 857: Design and Conduct of Cohort StudiesEP 858: Design and Conduct of Case-Control StudiesPH 851: Needs AssessmentPH 854: Program and Policy EvaluationPM 811: Health Services Research and MethodsPM 821: Advanced Health Services Research MethodsPM 828: Advanced Seminar in Qualitative Research Methods for Health Services ResearchPM 830: Developing Patient-Based Health Status and Outcomes MeasuresPM 831: Implementation Research and Implementation Science: Conceptual Basis for Linking Research and Practice in Health Services ResearchSB 813: Web-based Health Communication Strategies for Public Health InterventionsSB 818 Qualitative Research MethodsSB 820: Assessment and Planning for Health PromotionSB 822: Quantitative Methods for Program EvaluationEH 811: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Public HealthEH 866: Risk Assessment MethodsEH 800: Community-Based Methods in Environmental HealthBS 728: Public Health Surveillance, a Methods Based ApproachIH 811: Applied Research Methods in Global HealthIH 804: mHealthLW 799: Research with Human Subjects: Fundamental Legal and Ethical PrinciplesHPM 2217 Clinical Decision AnalysisHPM 2220 Cost Effectiveness Analysis Health CareHPM 2905 Quasi-experimental Design for Health Services ResearchHPM 3501 Seminars in Health Services Research Methods 1HPM 3502 Seminars in Health Services Research Methods 2CLRES 2010 Clinical Research MethodsCLRES 2017 Clinical Research InformaticsEPIDEM 2181 Design of Clinical TrialsBIOST 2062 Clinical Trials: Methods and PracticeCLRES 2071: Research Design and Development Part ICLRES 2072: Research Design and Development Part IICLRES 2107: Comparative Effectiveness ResearchCLRES 2108: Patient Registries and Electronic Health Records in CERCLRES 2109: Design of CER StudiesCLRES 2140: Best Practices in Clinical ResearchCLRES 2200: Introduction to Research on Disparities in Health CareCLRES 2300: Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-AnalysesCLRES 2400: Qualitative Research MethodsCLRES 2430 Introduction to CommunityBased Participatory ResearchCLRES 2432 Concept Mapping: A Participatory Research MethodCLRES 2431 Translating Research for Policy and PracticeBiostatisticsPHP 2510 Principles of Biostatistics and Data AnalysisPHP2507 Biostatistics and applied data analysisPHP 2508 Biostatistics and applied data analysis IIPHP 2511 Applied Regression AnalysisPHP 2520 Statistical Inference IPHP 2530 Bayesian Statistical MethodsPHP 2610 Linear and Generalized Linear ModelsPHP 2603 Analysis of Longitudinal DataPHP 1501 Essential of Data AnalysisBS 704 Introduction to BiostatisticsBS 715: Practical Skills for Biostatistics CollaborationBS 720: Introduction to R: software for statistical computing environmentBS723 Introduction to Statistical ComputingBS775 Applications of Advanced Statistical Methods in Clinical ResearchBS 805: Intermediate Statistical Computing and Applied Regression Analysis BS 810: Meta-Analysis for Public Health & Medical ResearchBS 820: Logistic Regression and Survival AnalysisBS 821: Categorical Data AnalysisBS 822: Advanced Methods in Statistical Computing830: Design and Analysis of Microarray Experiments and Next Generation SequencingBS 845: Applied Statistical Modeling and Programming in RBS 851: Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials IBS 861: Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials IIBS 852: Statistical Methods in EpidemiologyBS 853: Generalized Linear Models with ApplicationsBS 854: Bayesian Methods in Clinical TrialsBS 855: Bayesian Modeling for Biomedical Research & Public HealthBS 856: Adaptive Designs for Clinical TrialsBS 857: Analysis of Correlated DataBIOST 2011 Principles of Statistical ReasoningBIOST 2041 Introduction to Statistical Methods 1BIOST 2042 Introduction to Statistical Methods 2BIOST 2046 Analysis of Cohort StudiesBIOST 2049 Applied Regression AnalysisBIOST 2052 Multivariate AnalysisBIOST 2054 Survival AnalysisBIOST 2083 Linear ModelsBIOST 2086 Applied Mixed Models AnalysisBIOST 2094 Statistical Computing and Data Analysis Using RCLRES 2020: BiostatisticsCLRES 2022: Logistic RegressionCLRES 2023: Survival AnalysisCLRES 2026: Analysis of Correlated DataWritingPHP 2090? Scientific writingPHP 2380 S01 Health CommunicationENGL 1180I S01Writing Medical NarrativeSB 733: Mass Communication and Public HealthSB 806: Communications Strategies for Public HealthIH 702: Skills in Critical Analysis and Evidence Based Writing for Public Health ProfessionalsIH 808: Research Proposal Development: A Practical Approach to Team Grant WritingSPH Writing Seminar (Non-credit)HPM 3501 Seminars in Health Services Research Methods 1HPM 3502 Seminars in Health Services Research Methods 2EPIDEM 2920 Writing in Epidemiology: Manuscripts and GrantsCLRES 2076: Introduction to Grant WritingCLRES 2141: Medical Writing and Presentation SkillsEconomicsECON1360. Health EconomicsECON1370. Race and Inequality in the United StatesECON2360. Economics of Health and PopulationPHP2350 Economics of Medical Therapies: Health Policy and PracticeECON 1375 S01 Inequality of Opportunity in the USPPAI 2650 Congress and the Federal Budget: Procedure, Politics and Public PolicyPM735 Health Care Finance: How Policy-makers and Managers Can Use Money as a Tool to Improve Health CarePM 807: Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness AnalysisPM 833: Health EconomicsPM 842 Health Economics for Health Services ResearchPM 855 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Decision AnalysisIH 762: Essentials of Economics and Finance for Global HealthIH 773: Financial Management for Health ProgramsLW 709: Healthcare Rationing: Medicine, Markets and MoralsPH 857: Health Economics and Financial Management for Public HealthHPM 2012 Financial Management Foundations in Health Care and Public HealthHPM 2014 Applications and Issues in Financial Management of Healthcare InstitutionsHPM 2028 Microeconomics Applied to HealthHPM 2125 Health EconomicsHPM 2216 Health Insurance: Financing Health CareHPM 2821 Current Topics in Health EconomicsEpidemiologyPHP 2120 Intro to Methods in Epidemiologic ResearchPHP 2180 Interpretation and Application of EpidemiologyPHP 2200 Intermediate epidemiologic methodsPHP 2250Advanced Quant Methods in Epi ResearchPHP 1854 Epidemiology and Control of Infectious DiseasesEP 713 Introduction to EpidemiologyEP 762: Clinical EpidemiologyEP 775: Social EpidemiologyEP 813: Intermediate EpidemiologyEP 854: Advanced EpidemiologyEP 855: Advanced Epidemiology Seminar: Issues in Study DesignBS 852: Statistical Methods in EpidemiologyEPIDEM 2110 Principles of EpidemiologyEPIDEM 2151 Physical Activity EpidemiologyEPIDEM 2180 Epidemiological Methods 1EPIDEM 2187 Epidemiological Methods 2EPIDEM 2200: Epidemiology and Health ServicesEPIDEM 2230 Advanced Topics in Epidemiological MethodsHPM 2141 Managerial EpidemiologyQuality ImprovementPHP 2450 Measuring and Improving the Quality of Health CareSOC1090. Theories of Organizational Dynamics and Decision MakingPM 835: Lean Management in HealthcarePM 837 Evaluating Health Care QualityIH 854: From Data to Dashboards: Building Excel Skills to Support Health Program DecisionsMC 730: Leading to face challenges and achieve results in public healthSB 805: Race, Ethnicity, and HealthHPM 2017 Quantitative Methods: Decision Technologies and Operations Management in Health CareHPM 2207 Quality Assessment and Patient SafetyShort courses: Short courses are multi-lecture 2-3 week courses run over winter break and early summer, and multiday courses offered within each institution. For example, Brown’s Summer Institute for Clinical and Translational Research offers short courses in methods, proposal writing and selected topics. Brown University’s new Center Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Training Center offers many 1 and 2 day courses delivered in a variety of formats (in-person and through webinars, and archived video presentations) and this array is expected to expand as a result of the recent funding of the R25 training program from AHRQ. Planned topics range from pragmatic clinical trials, observational studies and causal inference, comparative studies of diagnostic tests, patient reported outcomes, systematic review, meta-analysis, evidence synthesis, stakeholder engagement. While short courses are offered at Brown, fellows may also enroll in short courses offered by other area Universities, on-line courses or training programs like SAS Institute courses. Boston University offers a half-semester course titled Implementation Research and Implementation Science: Conceptual Basis for Linking Research and Practice in Health Services ResearchModules: A module is focused on a very specific learning objective. A module includes a lecture, interactive discussion or class activity, and problem set. Modules are intended to complement material in existing courses, but focus on the needs of health services research students. AcademyHealth offers pre-conference workshops and skill-building sessions during the meeting which our trainees can attend. Boston University offers an intensive practicum experience to provide real-world preparation, build practical skills and professional confidence while making a real contribution to solving public health problems. The practicum experience is designed to address each individual’s interests and learning needs.Seminar SeriesIn addition to professional development activities shared with other fellows at our core institutions, a biweekly seminar series available through video-conferencing will be established to address rehabilitation specific knowledge related to the core competency areas and which will bring together trainees and visiting scientists from all sites. BUSPH offers a bi-monthly Health Services Research Seminar Series.Lectures Several existing lecture series are offered within the Brown program of public health. (e.g. biostatistics, health services research, population studies, economics, public policy, evidence based medicine, meta-analysis gerontology, geriatrics, etc.), the Boston University and the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Health Policy Institute. Each year faculty groups develop specialized lecture series as part of building interdisciplinary research groups. For example at Brown University, this past year there was a bi-weekly seminar on CER and next year a bi-weekly seminar in patient centered outcome research is occurring. Trainees will be expected to attend at least one lecture of their choice each week to broaden their perspective. Boston University School of Public Health offers the Bicknell and Cathy Shine Annual Lectures that feature presentations by experts in a specific area of public health. The Dudley Allen Sargent Lecture, sponsored by BU’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, provides an opportunity for fellows to interact with leading researchers and practitioners in the health and rehabilitation fields.Interdisciplinary Seminar: At Brown University, the advanced interdisciplinary seminar in health services research meets every-other week throughout the academic year. The theme of the advanced seminar is selected by faculty and focuses on an advanced research method or analytic technique commonly used in health services research. Examples have included propensity score construction, Instrumental variables, Comparative Effectiveness Research, etc. The faculty member running seminar picks a current on-going research question using the technique and students actively engaged in research using the technique will participate in the seminar. As trainees progress through their analyses, trainees and the faculty leader will present progress with their research. BUSPH offers an interdisciplinary Public Health Forum, a monthly presentation at which students, faculty, and colleagues gather to examine contemporary problems or issues in public health. Speakers include public health practitioners and policy experts from around the globe and faculty from schools of public health. The goal of the Forum is to promote awareness and dialogue about matters critical to the public’s health. The University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute sponsors a similar interdisciplinary seminar series in research design, biostatistics, epidemiology, health service and community health research, and patient-centered outcomes research. The University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute-Comparative Effectiveness Research Core sponsors a number of lectures and workshops throughout the academic year on comparative effectiveness research designs, patient-centered outcomes research, PCORI grant preparation and review processes, and strategies for stakeholder engagement in research designs.Brown Bags and Seminar Series: Fellows will participate with other fellows in their already established Brown Bags and Seminars. At all institutions, Trainee seminars are organized by the fellows and present a mixture of didactic information and sharing of trainees’ own research in progress. Brown bags and seminar series have the following objectives: 1) to give fellows the opportunity to present their research in a "user friendly" forum, 2) to supplement their methodological training via indepth treatment of such issues as sample size calculations, measurement issues and techniques for validating secondary data; 3) to examine the interface between health services research and health policy; 4) to present case studies and hold discussions on the ethical conduct of research, ranging from special issues in the protection of human subjects (particularly regarding data protection and confidentiality) to negotiation of authorship in light of international standards; and 5) to instruct fellows in the intricacies of proposal development such as budgeting, management plans, sub-contracting, etc. Fellows are each responsible for organizing several of the topics discussed at these seminars during the course of the academic year. Journal club: Trainees will have the opportunity to participate in the already established Brown University Public Health Journal Club, the BUSPH VA-affiliated Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Journal Club and the University of Pittsburgh Health Service Research in Rehabilitation journal club. The objectives of the biweekly journal club are to improve the participants’ ability to facilitate a discussion, identify challenging articles in the literature, thoughtfully critique the literature, orally communicate ideas and participate in group discussions in meaningful ways, remain abreast of emerging issues in medical research, and to foster stronger linkages between faculty and trainees outside of the classroom. In addition to this goal, this is an opportunity to promote understanding across disciplines as all Brown University doctoral students in Public Health are required to attend and faculty trainers who serve as resources for given sessions are from the different disciplines represented in the public health program. Participants select several conceptual or theoretical articles, several applied articles, and several methodological articles. Volunteers lead each journal club session. The participants also select which type of article they would like use in leading a discussion (i.e. conceptual, applied, methodological). The trainee will identify an article for dissemination and reviews the rationale and appropriateness of the article with the faculty resource person. Often, trainees prepare questions to circulate prior to journal club to provide a framework for discussion. The trainee prepares an outline for the approach of leading the discussion and salient issues to be addressed in the Journal Club. Each journal club session is evaluated by participants using a brief evaluation form. Following journal club, trainees debrief with faculty regarding their performance, and summarize their self-evaluation and the participant evaluation. Research group meetings: All post-doctoral fellows will be integrated into an existing research group and attend the groups’ regular “lab” meetings. For post-doctoral fellows these are organized with their mentor’s research team. Post-doctoral fellows are encouraged to also participate in organizational meetings of the Center faculty (i.e. Gerontology and health care research, Evidence Based Medicine or COIN). Boston University’s Health and Disability Research Institute currently hosts a weekly research seminar. Colleagues present current work on manuscripts, professional presentations and grant proposals for group discussion and feedback. Participants have the option to join the meeting remotely via webinar. ................
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