Professional Development Directory

Webinar 1 Faculty: Margo Edmunds, Ph.D, AcademyHealth (Moderator); Jameta Barlow, Ph.D., M.P.H., Towson University; Andrew Cislo, Ph.D, UConn Health; Dara Mendez, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh; and Tiffany H. Williams, D.N.P., M.S.N., B.S.N., Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing

Searching for Effective Innovations I: Reducing Low-Value Care

The first in a two-part series of methods seminars designed to provide an overview of causality and causal models. (80 minutes)

This cyberseminar will explore causation versus association in the emerging field of public health systems and services research (PHSSR).

This session will provide an overview of the strengths and limitations of using internet surveys for health services research, and best practices when analyzing and writing about data from internet surveys. Mixed mode approaches using internet surveys will also be discussed. Faculty: John Bremer, Harris Interactive Inc.

Faculty: Jonathon Halbesleben, University of Alabama

This session provides an overview of microsimulation strategies for HSR, with worked examples.

This seminar provides an in-depth discussion of observational study designs and their strengths and limitation for effectiveness, and comparative effectiveness research.

The seminar is designed for researchers whose current or potential areas of research interest encompass the effects of law on population health, health care financing or delivery systems, or the process, outcome, or quality of health care. The panel addresses the use of legal methods in a research context, exploring approaches to research endeavors that involve measurement analysis, and the analysis and interpretation of the meaning of statutes, regulations, and judicial opinions. The panel includes a lively discussion of law-related research as well as strategies for developing interdisciplinary undertakings that explore the implications of health policy reforms that involve law.

This two-part seminar series addresses the fundamentals of conducting propensity score analysis. The series features Dr. Michael Oakes from the University of Minnesota, and Dr. Elizabeth Stuart from Johns Hopkins University.