Section outline

  • Lecture: Questionnaires, Data Collection Forms and Data Management

    Format: In-class lecture

    Topic: Development of paper and online questionnaires and data collection forms. The limitations of spreadsheet programs (e.g. Excel) for database management. Alternative software platforms for data collection and management.

    Faculty:  Michael Kohn
     
    Location:      MB-Genentech Hall 106, Byers Auditorium

    Faculty Bio: Michael Kohn is an attending emergency physician at Mills-Peninsula in Burlingame and a professor in UCSF’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, where he has taught research methods, clinical epidemiology, and database management for the past 17 years.  He also provides consultations to clinical investigators who need help with study design, sample size calculations, data management, and statistical analysis.  His primary research interest is diagnostic testing in the ED.  He co-authored (with Thomas Newman) the clinical epidemiology textbook “Evidence-Based Diagnosis,” is a contributing author to Hulley et al, “Designing Clinical Research,” and created the UCSF CTSI’s online sample size calculators (www.sample-size.net).