Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: Oct 14, 2016

Present:   Kairn Kelley, Ben Littenberg, Gail Rose, Juvena Hitt, Liliane Savard, Connie van Eeghen

Start Up: New opportunities in learning about how communication affects health service process and outcomes… and sexual function, based on shared clinical stories.  See Kairn for details.

1.                   Gail Rose – focus group planning for app on alcohol use

a.       Update: four undergraduate engineering students signed up to design the app

b.       Focus group development exercise (or not):

                                                   i.      Research or commercial project?

                                                 ii.      Recruitment?  Switched to “you”… what does that mean?

                                               iii.      Start with the end: the report – then explain the project

c.       Small business technology transfer grant

                                                   i.      Need more pilot data on usability

1.       Patient review of mock up

2.       Physicians – about 10 reviews

d.       Resubmit in 4 months

2.                   Next Workshop Meeting(s): Fridays, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., at Given Courtyard South Level 4 until end of Dec.   

a.       Oct 21: Canceled

b.       Oct 28: Book club discussion of "Weapons of Math Destruction" by Cathy O'Neil, Introduction and Chapter 1 (pgs 1-30)

c.       Nov 4: Marianne: study update

d.       Nov 11: Liliane: presentation for conference on motor learning in autism (no Marianne) (invite Deborah Hirtz MD)

e.       Nov 18: (no Ben, no Juvena) TBA

f.        Nov 25: Canceled

g.       Future topics:

a.       Juvena: protocol development

Recorder: Connie van Eeghen