90 Minute Seminar

Educational Programs, Workshops, Seminars, New Idea Session, and Small Group Discussions

TI-001 - How to Use EHR Data for Research

Presenter(s)

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  Muhammad Walji, Ph.D.

  The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
• AY

  Alfa Yansane, Ph.D.

  University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry
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  Heiko Spallek, Ph.D., D.M.D., M.S.B.A.

  University of Sydney
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  Elsbeth Kalenderian, D.D.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.

  University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry

Target Audience: Faculty

Learning Focus: Technological Innovations

Dental Education: Public Health Dentistry  

Given the monetary and time expense of clinical trials, it is prudent to use the informational byproducts of regular health care to expand our knowledge and improve practice. Electronic health records (EHRs) have now been adopted by the vast majority of dental schools but remain a largely untapped resource for discovery and scholarly activity. Several dental schools contribute EHR data to the BigMouth Dental Data Repository, containing data from over 2 million patients. This workshop will showcase how dental school faculty, residents and students use data from their individual EHRs or BigMouth to rapidly develop and answer clinically meaningful research questions.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the technical, governance and privacy considerations that are the foundations of using EHR data for research.
• Demonstrate how an individual EHR or data repository can be queried and how to develop effective research questions.
• Explore how a data repository can be incorporated into the research curriculum for dental students and identify barriers for participation.