Outcomes Course Overview

2010 OR Course Schedule

2010 OR Course Faculty

2010 OR Course Bibliography

American College of Surgeons: Continuous Quality Improvement

Outcomes Research Course

ACS Headquarters, Chicago, IL
November 11-13, 2010

Course Schedule

Day 1 - Thursday

7:00 - 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 - 8:40 am	John Birkmeyer Lecture # 1: Introduction Methodologies, tools, and subcultures Course Overview General principles in conducting and interpreting observational studies
8:40 – 9:00 am	David Urbach Lecture #2: Overview of administrative databases Medicare, HCUP, VA, other sources General content
9:00 - 9:45 am	Justin Dimick Lecture # 3: Administrative data research in practice
9:45 – 10:00 am	Q & A and Discussion
10:00 - 10:15 am	Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:00 pm	Breakout: Critiquing studies based on administrative data
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 –1:30 pm	Karl Bilimoria Lecture #4: Off-the-shelf clinical databases for research ACS-NSQIP, NCDB, NTDB, others
1:30 – 2:00 pm	Nancy Birkmeyer Lecture #5: Building your own clinical registries Designing, implementing, and maintaining a registry
2:00 – 2:30 pm	David Flum Lecture #6: Using clinical registries for research and quality improvement
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Q & A and Discussion
2:45 – 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 – 5:00 pm	Breakout (option #1): Critiquing studies based on clinical registries
3:00 – 5:00 pm	Yue-Yung Hu Breakout (option #2): Practicum: Using Microsoft Access to create your own clinical database
6:00 – 7:00 pm	Group Reception

Day 2 - Friday

7:00 - 8:00 am	Breakfast
Option 1 8:00 – 12:00 pm	Justin Dimick Lectures and lab: Intro to data analysis and biostatistics Biostatistics review Creating analysis datasets Data analysis with STATA
Option 2 8:00 – 12:00 pm	John Birkmeyer, DavidFlum, and colleagues Participant research in progress [Participants will discuss and get feedback on their ongoing research from selected faculty, either individually or in small groups]
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
Option 1 1:00 – 5:30 pm	Samuel Finlayson and Janice Cormier Decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis Overview Skills lab
Option 2 1:00 – 3:00 pm	Caprice Greenberg and Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze Qualitative research Overview Exercises
3:30 – 5:30 pm	David Urbach Meta-analysis Overview Exercises
6:00 – 7:00 pm	Group Dinner

Day 3 - Saturday

7:00 - 8:00 am	Breakfast
Option 1 8:00 – 10:00 am	Nancy Baxter and Erin Kennedy Health-related quality of life assessment Overview Skills lab
Option 2 8:00 – 10:00 am	Justin Dimick and Nancy Birkmeyer Advanced statistical methods Overview Exercises
10:00 - 10:15 am	Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:00 pm	Lectures and roundtable discussion Funding and grantsmanship Setting up your program
*Adjourn*	Box Lunch

Revised May 23, 2011