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Professional Development Directory

The AcademyHealth Professional Development Catalog provides a detailed list of upcoming virtual offerings including: webinars, Google Hangouts, and seminars led by experts in the field.​

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Professional Development

Findings From Our Fellows: Current Population Health-Focused Disparities Research - Part II

Webinar 2 Faculty: Margo Edmunds, Ph.D, AcademyHealth (Moderator); Dustin Duncan, Sc.D., New York University School of Medicine; Rodney Haring, Ph.D., LMSW, Roswell Park Cancer Institute; Kimberly Kay Lopez, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Baylor College of Medicine; Jennifer Stewart, Ph.D., RN, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing; and Reginald Tucker Seeley, Sc.D., Sc.M., M.A., Harvard School of Public Health
Free
Professional Development

Analysis of Statutes, Regulations & Judicial Opinions: Legal Methods in Health Services & Policy 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.
101 Purchase
Professional Development

Applied Propensity Score Analysis I & II

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.
J. Michael Oakes, PhD, Elizabeth A. Stuart, PhD
201 Free
Professional Development

Introduction to HSR Methods Seminar Series: Part I & II

This two-part series provides an overview of the fundamentals of health services research (HSR).  The series addresses how to read and evaluate important studies in HSR, with attendtion to HSR's role guiding evidence-based health care practice and policy. Part I discusses how to identify appropriate research designs for descriptive, exploratory, and confirmatory analyses and how to asses the merit of existing studies to inform evidence-based practice and policy. Part II reviews the core analytic tools that support quality and performance measurement for health care systems improvement efforts. Level: 101. Format: On-demand, streaming presentation (Adobe Flash Player required). Duration: 90 Minutes.
101 Purchase
Professional Development

Patient Registries and HSR

This methods seminar presents an overview of conducting HSR with patient registries and provides an introduction to the types of registry research and best practice for conducting research with patient registries.  (75 minutes)
101 Purchase