This TWO-DAY (9/16 and 9/18) online course equips students to design, conduct, and critique mixed method research. From a pragmatic perspective, we will explore the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of data collection methods, and evaluate strategies for combining them. This course focuses on mixed method research designs incorporating in-depth interviews, focus groups, participant observation, archival research, survey interviews, and/or hybrid methods. The majority of the course will center on research design and data collection issues. Some time will be spent on strategies for analyzing and presenting data from multiple sources.
This course is designed for those who are relatively new to mixed method research, and interested in the principles that should guide it. Participants who come with a specific set of research questions in mind will have opportunities to apply topics of discussion to their own research ideas during the workshop. This course will count as 14.0 CSS short course credits.
The 2020 PCORI Virtual Annual Meeting will offer attendees the learning opportunities and networking that have become synonymous with PCORI's premier event focused on patient-centered, stakeholder-driven research.
The meeting will highlight results from several PCORI-funded studies and explore how the time from research to improved health for patients can be shortened. Attendees will:
This year's sessions will feature PCORI-funded COVID-19 research, telehealth, and health and healthcare disparities, among other hot topics.
Join PCORI for this free event as they celebrate their 10-year anniversary and discuss how, together, researchers can be ready to answer the research questions of the future.
This six-part orientation is strongly recommended for all clinical research personnel who are new to UNC or new to research. The series will introduce research personnel to the UNC offices involved in clinical trials, discuss the federal and local regulations governing conduct of research, and provide an overview of best practices utilized in the implementation of clinical research. It is recommended that registrants complete both the CITI Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and CITI Human Subjects Protection (IRB/Ethics) modules prior to attending the orientation.
Each session of the orientation will be held on Wednesday afternoons,1:30 to 4:00pm. Research personnel are encouraged to attend all 6 modules, but may choose to attend only those of particular interest or relevance. The topics to be covered this week include: