Greater Nashville Area

SOCRA Greater Nashville Regional Chapter

In compliance with Covid-19 social distancing requirements the following process will be followed:

1. The meetings will be conducted remotely.
2. In order to register for the meeting please complete the following REDCap survey

https://redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=YKRADLTFWWFTXKNP  Upon registration completion a meeting password and the link to the meeting will be sent to the email entered into the survey.

3. Actual attendance will be documented via emailing vonwahlde@vumc.org during or immediately following the meeting.  Following the meeting:
   1. SoCRA members will be emailed a copy of the SoCRA attendance certificate
   2. Non SoCRA members can track attendance via VUMC CME website and/or their own CE tracking method.
   3. A unique VUMC CME code will be provided during the meetings, the code is valid for 24 hours.    

Informed Consent: Population Considerations

Speaker: Kristin Straznicky, MBA, CCRP, CIP

Assistant Director

Vanderbilt Human Research Protection Program

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 │12 – 1 pm Central

Informed consent is the cornerstone of respecting research participants. The informed consent process should be specific to the study population and designed to ensure comprehension and voluntariness. The speaker will discuss considerations for revising the consent process to fit the study population, for example, children, non-English speakers, and the cognitively impaired.

Recruitment Innovation Center (RIC) Recruitment & Retention Materials Content + Design Toolkit

Speakers: 

Stephanie Mayers, M.Ed

Matt Schorr, BA &

Caitlin Rantala, BA

VICTR, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Thursday, August  22, 2024 │12 – 1 pm Central

In this meeting, the Vanderbilt Recruitment Innovation Center (RIC) Recruitment Materials Team will share their Recruitment and Retention Materials Content + Design Toolkit. This toolkit is a free resource for research teams to utilize to create participant recruitment and retention materials, as well as materials for clinician awareness/study referrals. It includes:

 1) guidelines, recommendations, and resources for the design and creation of content for participant recruitment and retention materials;

 2) links to free various Canva templates designed by the RIC; and

3) tips and tutorials for creating materials in Canva.

This toolkit was created in close collaboration with the RIC Community Advisory Board and includes advice from Community Engagement Studio experts. 

Accreditation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  This activity received no commercial support.

Financial Disclosures:  Faculty and planners for this event have the following disclosures:

Name of individual Individual's role in activity Name of commercial interest/Nature of relationship

Annette Oeser, MS, BS, CCRP Faculty: Nothing to disclose – 07/05/2024

Kristin Straznicky, MBA, CCRP, CIP Faculty: Nothing to disclose— 10/25/2023

Attendance: Members and non-members welcome.  Please bring your lunch. For directions, please contact wendy.lloyd@vumc.org .

CE: SoCRA has approved this program for 1.0 continuing education contact hour for members. Please share this announcement with your colleagues.

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