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ECHO ISPCTN Professional Development Series

“Tuesday & Thursday Sessions”

April 13, 2023 - Introduction to Piestar DPx

In this module, the speaker covers the bases of using the Piestar system: identifying emails from the Piestar DPx system; setting up your Piestar account; locating assigned modules on the DCOC Piestar Dashboard; and completing assigned modules.  *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

April 27, 2023 - Getting to Know Your Data Management and Informatics Team

During this informational session, DCOC Data Management and Informatics team explains the roles and responsibilities of the functional group within ISPCTN and the DCOC. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

May 11, 2023 - DCOC IRB Administrators: Study Start to Finish

This DCOC functional group, IRB Administrators, discuss their role in ISPCTN studies, explain how the role changes during the course of the study, and, explain how the work as liaisons between cIRB and relying sites.  *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

May 25, 2023 - Social Media in Trial Advertising and Recruitment

During this session, Marketing Director from Pennington Biomedical Research Center will discuss using different advertising methods for clinical research recruitment.  *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

June 8, 2023 - Are You Still Avoiding the PPC Policy? Version 5 Update

Are you still avoiding the PPC Policy? In this informational session, the speaker covers the latest updates to the Publications and Presentations Committee (PPC) Policy.  *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

June 22, 2023 - Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

In this webinar, the speaker discusses what Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) is and why it is important; RCR core domains; strategies for avoiding common ethical issues related to research; and how RCR concepts intersect with daily work duties. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

July 13, 2023 - Pediatric Medication Safety and Sedation

In this module, the speaker goes over medication use errors, which are the number one most common patient care errors in pediatrics; identifies three strategies to use to improve safety medication prescribing; and ways you can adopt new strategies to increase medication prescribing. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

August 10, 2023 - Slicer/Dicer & How to Use EMR to Identify Trial Participants

In this webinar, presenters Jackie Boyd and Dr. Brett Bailey discuss using Epic’s electronic health record application for identifying clinical trial participants: accessing data and querying patient information. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

August 26, 2023 - DCOC Communications Team Functional Group

During this informational session, the DCOC Communications Team explore the roles and responsibilities of the functional group within ECHO ISPCTN and the DCOC. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

September 28, 2023 - Transforming the Quality of Clinical Trials and Reestablishing Trust in Translational Research

During this informational session, Dr. Dan Cooper identifies essential causes that contribute to failed clinical trials; reviews best practices for recruitment of diverse and representative cohorts when designing clinical trials; and discuss the critical role of community and patient perspective when designing clinical trials. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

November 9, 2023 - DCOC Quality Management Functional Group

During this informational session, the DCOC Quality Management Team explore the roles and responsibilities of the functional group within ECHO ISPCTN and the DCOC. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

January 9, 2024 - DCOC Professional Development & Research Writing Functional Groups

During this informational session, the DCOC Professional Development and Research Writing teams explore the roles and responsibilities of the functional group within ECHO ISPCTN and the DCOC. *ECHO ISPCTN Core Curriculum Module

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