Upcoming Research Knowledge and Skill Builder Sessions
Our next session:
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.
Where: In person DBHSC 2035 (second floor)
Topic: Geographic Information Systems and Health Research (Part 2)
Presenter: Christine Homuth, Spatial Information (GIS) Specialist, Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, McMaster University Library; Abe Hafid, Statistical Analyst, DFM.
Overview: This in-person workshop will review core Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts and health examples. The workshop will also include an interactive exercise where attendees will use ArcGIS Online to create a map of COVID-19 case counts in Hamilton, Ontario, by census tracts. The presentation will also review the GIS resources available to McMaster University faculty members and staff. Please bring your laptop to the event.
This meeting will be a in person only event. Please register by March 15, 2023. The session will make use of the ArcGIS Online license, so attendees must only use their @mcmaster.ca or @medportal.ca email when registering on Eventbrite to access the license.
This session will not be recorded, but the slides and workshop handout will be made available post-session on DFM website.
Recording from Part 1 of this session: Geographic information systems and health research – Abe Hafid, Research Knowledge and Skill Builder [Video | Slides]
Our last Research Knowledge and Skill Builder Session:
Topic: Race in Research
Presenter: Dr. Anjali Menezes, Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), DFM
Below are video recordings and slides from the Department of Family Medicine Research in-services. We offer these in-services to continue to build the research capacity of faculty and staff across the department.
If you have any questions about Research Knowledge and Skill Builders, please contact Neha Arora, our Clinic Research Coordinator (narora@mcmaster.ca).
Expandable List
HiREB Applications and Resubmissions
Janice Sancan
Research Ethics Officer at the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board
Creating and Managing a Research Budget
Laura Cleghorn
Research Operations Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Julie Datta
Project Manager, Department of Family Medicine
Dawn Elston
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Francine Marzanek
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Data Visualization in Research
Presenter: Subhanya Sivajothy, Data Analysis and Visualization Librarian, McMaster University
In this session, we discussed the two applications of data visualization – data exploration and communication
Using Health Administrative Data for Primary Care Research
Presenters: Dr. Michelle Howard, PhD, Associate Professor
Abe Hafid, MPH, Statistical Analyst
QI in Primary Care — When, how, and how is it different from research?
Presenters: Dr. Dale Guenter, Professor, DFM and Dr. Kathryn Cottrell, PGY3 Research and Scholarship
Working with the experts: involving people with lived and living experience in research
Presenters: Dr. Claire Bodkin, Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) and Jammy Pierre, peer investigator, Nowhere To Go project
From Researcher to Storyteller- For the Community, By the Community
Presenter: Nirosha Balakumar, MPhil, EDI & Anti-Racism Partner
Socio-demographic data collection: current evidence and practices in primary care research
Presenter: Jennifer Lawson, Dawn Elston and Neha Arora
Honouring our social obligations: Incorporating social accountability & responsibility throughout the research process
Presenters: Dr. Tejal Patel, and Neha Arora, Clinic Research Coordinator
Principled Community Engaged Research
Presenter: C.A. Klassen, Community Engaged Research Facilitator in the Office of Community Engagement
Qualitative Research: Overview of Methods
Meredith Vanstone
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Grounded Theory, Phenomenology & Narrative Methodologies: Designing methodologically rigorous qualitative studies
Meredith Vanstone
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Data Coding and Analysis
Meredith Vanstone
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Interviews and Focus Groups
Jessica Jurgurtis
Postdoctoral Fellow, Health, Aging & Society
Responding to Sensitive Health & Social Issues
Laura Cleghorn
Research Operations Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Jessica Gaber
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
The Art of Manuscript Writing
Jessica Gaber
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Manuscript Preparation and Authorship
Lawrence Grierson
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Collective Skill Building and Collegial Support
Cathy Risdon
Professor and Vice-chair, Department of Family Medicine
Editing
Casey Irvin
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Department of Family Medicine
Inclusive Language
Abithiny Selvarajah
Research Assistant, Department of Family Medicine
Presenting Data in Visually Engaging Ways
Casey Irvin MA
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Department of Family Medicine
Community Engagement
Casey Irvin
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Department of Family Medicine
Jessica Gaber
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Pam Forsyth
Managing Director, Research Operations, Department of Family Medicine
Dawn Elston
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Neha Arora
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Managing your research data: an introduction to DMP Assistant
Jay Brodeur
Associate Director of Digital Scholarship Services in the McMaster University Library
Isaac Pratt
Research Data Management Specialist with the University Library and Research & High-Performance Computing Services
SPSS
Larkin Lamarche
Research Associate, Department of Family Medicine
Melissa Pirrie
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
REDCap
Ricardo Angeles
Research Associate, Department of Family Medicine
Steve Dragos
Data Manager and Research Assistant, Department of Family Medicine
Just the basics: Learning about the essential steps to do some simple things in SPSS
Larkin Lamarche
Research Associate, Department of Family Medicine
How To Build a Survey using the McMaster LimeSurvey Service
Michael Wilson
Research Ethics Officer, McMaster University Research Ethics Board
EndNote for Research
Steve Dragos
Research Assistant, Department of Family Medicine
What to Know About NVivo A Qualitative Primer
Laura Cleghorn
Research Operations Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Jessica Gaber
Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
Knowledge Translation- Part I
Casey Irvin
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Department of Family Medicine
Erin Beaulieu
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Department of Family Medicine
Knowledge Translation- Part II
Casey Irvin
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Department of Family Medicine
Erin Beaulieu
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Department of Family Medicine
Effective Infographic Use in Health Communication
Meerab Majeed & Shania Bhopa
Department of Family Medicine
Juddah’s Place- An Indigenous Evaluation
Presenter: Dr. Karen Hill
Research Involving Indigenous Communities
Presenter: Renee Corbiere
Indigenous Ways of Knowing: How should we conduct research together?
Dr. Amy Montour BSCN, MSC, MD, CCFP (CP)
Haudenosaunee, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory