Dr. Olgres presents a quick overview on “Biostats for Internal Medicine”. In this lecture, Dr. Olges explains how to calculate sensitivity and specificity, as well as how to accurately interpret sensitivity and specificity in regards to test results. She then calculates the likelihood ratios and uses them to determine post test probabilities. After, she discusses the difference between relative and absolute risk.

Dr. Nancy Kubiak presents an Introduction to Writing Case Reports by first identifying a clinical case appropriate for presentation. She then discusses learning objectives that emphasize the main teaching points of the case. After, she recognizes a "backwards approach" to writing case reports.

Dr. Julio Ramirez presents Clinical Research: From Idea to Publication, by first outlining his discussion on clinical research as definitions and study designs, planning and performing the study, analyzing study results, disseminating study findings, and finally, clinical research infrastructure.

Dr. Tao Le presents "Accelerating Innovation in Academic Medicine" with the help three panelists: Dr. In Kim, Dr. Gerard Rabalais, and Dr. Brad Sutton. Dr. Le discusses various topics like design thinking, team based learning, and the innovation code.

Dr. Nathan Spell discusses Healthcare Quality and Safety by first explaining his perspective as CQO on Emory's improvement journey as well as his perspective as a medical educator on learning improvement (QI) skills.  After, he gives multiple examples of QI work to illustrate the learning objectives.

In this Presentation Dr. Boris D. Lushniak discusses the core public health functions: assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk, the formulation of public policies, and to assure that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care.  Keeping these functions relavent throughout his talk, Dr. Lushniak discusses various skin cancers and conditions. He then concludes his presentation explaining how dermatology fits into the public health model.

In the Eleventh lecture of our Research Series, Stephen Furmanek discusses Quality Improvement projects.  This video examines different methods for displaying the results and how to determine which method is best.

In the Tenth lecture of our Research Series, Annuradha Persaud discusses various aspects of Diagnostic Tests.  More specifically, this video will discuss how to calculate the measures of diagnostic accuracy, how to utilize the calculations clinically, and how to interpret RUC curves and AUC curves.

In the Ninth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Brian Guinn discusses different ways to interpret Categorical Data. This lecture specifically looks at risk ratios, odds ratios, and Chi squared.

In the Eighth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Stephen Furmanek discusses the difference between clinical thinking and statistical thinking.  Topics also covered are p-values, effect sizes, and confidence intervals.  

In the Seventh lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Annuradha Persaud discussesthe uses of  REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture). REDCap is a browser-based, metadata-driven EDC software solution and workflow methodology for designing clinical and transnational research databases.

In the Sixth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Paula Peyrani discusses the process of clinical research.  Some of the topics examined are Data Collection, Pretesting, Data Entry, and Data Quality.

In the Fifth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Paula Peyrani discusses the IRB (Institutional Review Board) review process, and how to determine which type of review (exempt, expedited, or full) a study needs.  This video also examines the regulatory documentation process. 

In the Fourth lecture of our Research Series, Dr. Stephen Furmanek discusses the various issues that could arise while conducting a study.  Some of the topics he covers are how to determine the correct sample size, and how results can be effected by the effect size, and variance or the data set.

In the third lecture of our research series, Dr. Ruth Carrico discusses quality and performance improvement as a research topic. She covers design approaches specific to QI projects, specifically in comparison to clinical research.  She then discusses how to interpret the results and make changes that result in performance improvement.

In this second lecture of our research series, Dr. Paula Peyrani discusses where research questions come from and what makes a good research question. She covers designing a study including selecting the appropriate type of study for your research question. 

This is the first lecture in a research lecture series (initially provided as a symposium by the University of Louisville Division of Infectious Diseases). He then covers important principles regarding conducting research in a university setting from the initial clinical question to publication and establishing a database for continuing research.