Mastering REDCap: A Step-by-Step Guide to Data Management and Research Success
Course Overview This comprehensive course is designed to help researchers, data managers, and study coordinators master the use of REDCap, a popular data management platform. Through interactive lessons, hands-on projects, and real-world applications, participants will gain the skills and knowledge needed to successfully manage data and conduct research using REDCap.
Course Objectives - Understand the basics of REDCap and its applications in research
- Learn how to design and build effective data collection instruments
- Understand how to manage and analyze data using REDCap
- Develop skills in data quality control and assurance
- Learn how to use REDCap for data sharing and collaboration
- Understand how to ensure data security and compliance
- Develop skills in data reporting and visualization
- Learn how to use REDCap for longitudinal and multi-site studies
Course Outline Module 1: Introduction to REDCap
- Overview of REDCap and its history
- Key features and benefits of using REDCap
- Setting up a REDCap account and navigating the platform
- Understanding REDCap's data model and terminology
Module 2: Building and Designing Data Collection Instruments
- Best practices for designing effective data collection instruments
- Creating and editing forms and surveys in REDCap
- Using conditional logic and branching in forms
- Setting up and managing data validation rules
Module 3: Managing and Analyzing Data
- Understanding REDCap's data storage and management model
- Importing and exporting data from REDCap
- Using REDCap's built-in reporting and analytics tools
- Creating custom reports and dashboards
Module 4: Data Quality Control and Assurance
- Best practices for ensuring data quality and integrity
- Using REDCap's data quality control features
- Setting up and managing data cleaning and normalization rules
- Using data validation and verification techniques
Module 5: Data Sharing and Collaboration
- Understanding REDCap's data sharing and collaboration features
- Setting up and managing user roles and permissions
- Using REDCap's data export and import features
- Best practices for collaborating with others on REDCap projects
Module 6: Data Security and Compliance
- Understanding REDCap's security features and protocols
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
- Using REDCap's audit and logging features
- Best practices for securing sensitive data
Module 7: Data Reporting and Visualization
- Using REDCap's built-in reporting and visualization tools
- Creating custom reports and dashboards
- Using data visualization best practices
- Exporting data for further analysis and reporting
Module 8: Longitudinal and Multi-Site Studies
- Understanding REDCap's longitudinal and multi-site study features
- Setting up and managing longitudinal studies
- Using REDCap's multi-site study features
- Best practices for managing complex study designs
Course Features - Interactive and engaging lessons with hands-on projects and real-world applications
- Comprehensive and up-to-date content covering all aspects of REDCap
- Expert instructors with extensive experience in REDCap and research
- Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service upon completion of the course
- Flexible learning with lifetime access to course materials and mobile-accessible content
- Community-driven with discussion forums and support from instructors and peers
- Actionable insights and practical skills to apply in real-world research settings
- Hands-on projects to practice and reinforce learning
- Bite-sized lessons for easy learning and retention
- Gamification and progress tracking to stay motivated and engaged
What You Will Receive - A comprehensive and interactive course curriculum covering all aspects of REDCap
- A Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service upon completion of the course
- Lifetime access to course materials and mobile-accessible content
- Support from expert instructors and peers through discussion forums and email
- Hands-on projects and real-world applications to practice and reinforce learning
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- Understand the basics of REDCap and its applications in research
- Learn how to design and build effective data collection instruments
- Understand how to manage and analyze data using REDCap
- Develop skills in data quality control and assurance
- Learn how to use REDCap for data sharing and collaboration
- Understand how to ensure data security and compliance
- Develop skills in data reporting and visualization
- Learn how to use REDCap for longitudinal and multi-site studies
Course Outline Module 1: Introduction to REDCap
- Overview of REDCap and its history
- Key features and benefits of using REDCap
- Setting up a REDCap account and navigating the platform
- Understanding REDCap's data model and terminology
Module 2: Building and Designing Data Collection Instruments
- Best practices for designing effective data collection instruments
- Creating and editing forms and surveys in REDCap
- Using conditional logic and branching in forms
- Setting up and managing data validation rules
Module 3: Managing and Analyzing Data
- Understanding REDCap's data storage and management model
- Importing and exporting data from REDCap
- Using REDCap's built-in reporting and analytics tools
- Creating custom reports and dashboards
Module 4: Data Quality Control and Assurance
- Best practices for ensuring data quality and integrity
- Using REDCap's data quality control features
- Setting up and managing data cleaning and normalization rules
- Using data validation and verification techniques
Module 5: Data Sharing and Collaboration
- Understanding REDCap's data sharing and collaboration features
- Setting up and managing user roles and permissions
- Using REDCap's data export and import features
- Best practices for collaborating with others on REDCap projects
Module 6: Data Security and Compliance
- Understanding REDCap's security features and protocols
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
- Using REDCap's audit and logging features
- Best practices for securing sensitive data
Module 7: Data Reporting and Visualization
- Using REDCap's built-in reporting and visualization tools
- Creating custom reports and dashboards
- Using data visualization best practices
- Exporting data for further analysis and reporting
Module 8: Longitudinal and Multi-Site Studies
- Understanding REDCap's longitudinal and multi-site study features
- Setting up and managing longitudinal studies
- Using REDCap's multi-site study features
- Best practices for managing complex study designs
Course Features - Interactive and engaging lessons with hands-on projects and real-world applications
- Comprehensive and up-to-date content covering all aspects of REDCap
- Expert instructors with extensive experience in REDCap and research
- Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service upon completion of the course
- Flexible learning with lifetime access to course materials and mobile-accessible content
- Community-driven with discussion forums and support from instructors and peers
- Actionable insights and practical skills to apply in real-world research settings
- Hands-on projects to practice and reinforce learning
- Bite-sized lessons for easy learning and retention
- Gamification and progress tracking to stay motivated and engaged
What You Will Receive - A comprehensive and interactive course curriculum covering all aspects of REDCap
- A Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service upon completion of the course
- Lifetime access to course materials and mobile-accessible content
- Support from expert instructors and peers through discussion forums and email
- Hands-on projects and real-world applications to practice and reinforce learning
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- Interactive and engaging lessons with hands-on projects and real-world applications
- Comprehensive and up-to-date content covering all aspects of REDCap
- Expert instructors with extensive experience in REDCap and research
- Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service upon completion of the course
- Flexible learning with lifetime access to course materials and mobile-accessible content
- Community-driven with discussion forums and support from instructors and peers
- Actionable insights and practical skills to apply in real-world research settings
- Hands-on projects to practice and reinforce learning
- Bite-sized lessons for easy learning and retention
- Gamification and progress tracking to stay motivated and engaged