Presented at the Clinical Practice Research Institute (CPRI). Hosted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Research Mentoring Network. Essential Elements 1. List the title of the proposed research, the Principal Investigator(s), and the institution(s). 2. If prior clinical trial experience is
The following is a transcript of the presentation video, edited for clarity. I’m going to be talking about more theory than models that so at least most of what I have to say is model-free, it doesn’t depend on which
The following is a transcript of the presentation video, edited for clarity. I’m going to begin just by placing PROs in the context of clinical outcome measures, measurement for aphasia in general, and then I’ll spend a little bit of
The following is a transcript of the presentation video, edited for clarity. I’m going to start off with a quote from an occupational therapist, Carolyn Baum, that I really appreciate. She wrote as part of a Coulter Lecture that she
The following is a transcript of the presentation video, edited for clarity. I’m delighted to talk to you about NIH initiatives to improve measurement. They have some similarities between them, and I will point those out. The first one I’m
The following is a transcript of the presentation video, edited for clarity. I hope today to talk about the construct of participation, discuss some of the key measurement issues in addressing participation, provide some background information on why we needed
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Overview of Group Studies of Treatment Adapted from Gallin & Ognibene (2007). A straightforward challenge in logical conclusion Events, e.g., Death Disease state Successful treatment outcome Return
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. The Logic of a Staged System of Clinical Research Let’s examine the fundamental logic underpinning a staged system of clinical research (that is easily applied to patient-oriented
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Precision and Accuracy Adapted from Hulley, et al. (2007) . Just about every statistic (descriptive and inferential) is an expression of a basic ratio. In the numerator
Evidence Based Practice and the Knowledge Transfer Problem Within EBP, knowledge transfer refers to the adoption and usage of evidence — produced through clinical research — by clinical practitioners to influence their clinical decisions and actions. Challenges to successful knowledge
