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Research Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Research Lessons Learned the Hard Way. Richelle Koopman, MD, MS Kevin Everett, PhD Debra Parker Oliver, PhD. Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. - Oscar Wilde Irish author. Lesson #1 Its more than the Science.

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Research Lessons Learned the Hard Way

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  1. Research Lessons Learned the Hard Way Richelle Koopman, MD, MS Kevin Everett, PhD Debra Parker Oliver, PhD

  2. Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar WildeIrish author

  3. Lesson #1 Its more than the Science • Know what your intervention Is it the technology- or a planned use of the technology? • Develop an Intervention manual • Funding • IRB process- be proactive • Accounting/Budgeting- Be proactive and conservative • Human Resources- orientation, training, supervision, • Data Management- don’t wait until the end to look at it!!!!! • Fidelity plan and audits- How do you know they are all doing it the same?? How can you assure- how will you check

  4. A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - Mark Twain American humorist, Missourian

  5. Lesson #2Recruitment is hard • Be conservative! • Value of relationships • Important to consider individual agency culture • Have a back up plan • WEATHER/ NATURAL DISASTERS • Track recruitment statistics and look at them regularly!

  6. A man's errors are his portals of discovery. -James JoyceIrish author

  7. Lesson # 3 Pilots are IMPORTANT • Firm up the intervention manual • Develop recruitment plan • Identify outcomes • Establish research team- Practice • Test feasibility of intervention- work out glitches

  8. Many hands make light work. - John HeywoodBritish playwright, 1500s

  9. Lesson #4Don’t Try to do it All Yourself • Investigative collaborators add their unique skills and perspectives • Hire a Research Assistant • Pick a good one • Define their work • Then set them free • The right help can advance your project quickly • Find the right balance between delegation and micromanagement

  10. Rome was not built in a day. - John HeywoodBritish playwright, 1500s

  11. Lesson #5Timelines: Multiply by Three • (at least) • Things always take longer than you expect • Things happen • People get sick (maybe even you) • Unanticipated extra steps • Major catastrophes

  12. The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.  - Tom BodettAmerican humorist

  13. Lesson #6:…Make Lemonade • Unanticipated things will always happen • Sometimes you can turn them into positives • (Like this presentation) • Share your lemon stories so other people can learn from your “experience” • Consider a real-world evaluation perspective like the RE-AIM framework

  14. There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.  - Tom KrauseMotivational speaker & author, Missourian

  15. Lesson #6a:RE-AIM Framework • Reach • Effectiveness • Adoption • Implementation • Maintenance • RE-AIM.org • Glasgow et. al. • Kaiser Permanente Colorado Region

  16. If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. - John HeywoodBritish playwright, 1500s

  17. If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.   - John MaxwellLeadership guru

  18. Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. - C.S. Lewis British scholar & novelist

  19. The only source of knowledge is experience. - Albert EinsteinPhysicist

  20. Questions ? UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Family & Community Medicine

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