(Requires IRB approval)
- Identify faculty mentor
- Directly contact
- If help needed, contact Education Office
- Define research question (FINER)
- Feasible
- Interesting
- Novel
- Ethical
- Relevant
- Develop research hypothesis
- Determine primary outcome of interest
- Composite endpoints
- Secondary outcomes/endpoints
- Determine a priori study variables to be collected
- Primary effector variable
- Clinical covariables
- Literature review to determine most pertinent
- Study group consensus for most pertinent
- Pilot data/prior observation
- Submit CTRC research proposal (please note that this link will take you to our SharePoint intranet site behind the UPMC firewall where you will have to log in with your UPMC account credentials)
- Statistical consultation for power analysis
- Perioperative data request tool for retrospective chart review studies
- Blanket IRB approval for adult retrospective chart review studies
- Minor modifications required to include study team members
- Study modifications after consultation with CTRC
- Implement study
- Data collection, recording, analysis
- REDCap database available for all IRB-approved studies
- Inquire for potential research coordinator assistance
- Statistical software available through Pitt software download service (for any Pitt Faculty)
- Submission of statistical consultation through CTRC
- Database coding, cleaning, preparation
- Meeting with CTRC statisticians
- Have a well-defined research question and hypothesis
- Skeletonized tables based on question/hypothesis
- Proposed figures
- Prepare abstract/manuscript
- Per conference submission guidelines (abstract)
- Per CONSORT checklist (randomized trial manuscript)
- Per STROBE guidelines (observational study manuscript)