5-Day Immersion Course
Program Schedule
This is the 2022 course program (subject to change).
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Introduction and Group Project Preparation
02:00-03:00pm Registration
04:00-05:15pm Introduction – Felipe Fregni
05:15-06:00pm Bias - Lotfi Merabet
06:00-06:45pm Case Discussion on Pragmatic Trials: Going beyond observational studies and randomized clinical trials - Felipe Fregni
06:45-08:00pm Small Group Discussion
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Group Project – Design, Regulatory and Management Issues
08:00-08:45am Lecture - Special Topic I – Leslie Kalish
08:45-12:00pm Small Group Discussions
12:00-04:00pm Break
02:00-04:00pm Individual Office Hours with Speakers (Optional)
02:00-03:00pm Statistics Walk-in Office Hours - Clarissa Valim & Armando Teixeira-Pinto (Optional)
03:00-04:00pm After PPCR: Follow-up Educational Programs (Optional)
04:00-05:00pm Small Group Discussion
05:00-08:00pm Manuscript Writing Workshop - Part I - Donald Halstead
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Group Project Workshop – Statistical Review
08:00-08:45am Lecture - Special Topic II – Janis Breeze
08:45-12:00pm Small Group Discussion
12:00-04:00pm Break
12:00-04:00pm Special Statistical Office Hours with Armando Teixeira-Pinto: Data analysis, data interpretation and other statistical questions
02:00-04:00pm Individual Office Hours with Speakers (optional)
03:00-04:00pm Meeting for 2016 participants interested in being PPCR 2022 TAs
04:00-08:00pm Manuscript Writing Workshop - Part II - Donald Halstead
Friday, November 18, 2022
Manuscript Writing and Submission
08:00-08:45am Lecture - Special Topic III - Ben Illigens & Ingeborg Friehs
08:45-12:00pm Small Group Discussion
12:00-03:00pm Break
02:00-03:00pm Individual Office Hours with Speakers (Optional)
03:00-06:00pm Manuscript Writing Workshop - Part III - Donald Halstead
06:00-08:30pm Break
08:30-12:00am Celebration and Awards
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Manuscript Submission and Post-Submission
08:00-11:00am Final Group Project Presentations - Final grading
11:00-11:45am Practical Exercise and wrap-up - Felipe Fregni
11:45-12:00pm Closing Remarks - Faculty members