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There are a lot of things you should consider before coming to medical school, and in the midst of trainging it is equally important to remember what motivated you to persue medicine in the first place. Here are somethings current medical school students wish they knew before coming to medical...

Being a doctor takes more than technical expertise and knowledge. It requires empathy and humility, which are skills learned over a lifetime of diverse experiences. The perspectives we bring to the table have the potential to save lives, and that is why we choose to raise our voices for the sake of...

Removing a user only impacts their access to the project; it will not delete/remove any records they have created or other work they have done in the project. If a user has left a study, we encourage removing them from User Rights so that only the current users are listed. A user can always be re...

Though REDCap has safeguards in place to protect against data loss from disasters and mistakes, backups provide an additional layer of security and are a best practice. If the data is downloaded, be sure it is saved to a secure BIDMC ITS approved location. Suggestions for when to backup data: Before...

A critical issue is a change to your project that will cause data to be deleted or radically altered. This includes deleting a field or incorrectly editing a field. In this example, a user made the following edit when trying to add the "Mocha" option to a question that asked about a favorite ice...

It is simple! A research study could not proceed without research volunteers. Although you may not receive direct benefits from study participation, we will gather invaluable information about how your brain is organized and functions. This information may be compared between individuals in...

Harvard Medical School strives to recruit students with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests. Everyone has their own unique motivations to pursue medicine, but we are all working toward a common goal, which is to advance innovation, equity, and access in healthcare. Come meet some of our...

Protocol Title: Huntington’s Disease Repository PI: Samuel Frank, MD PAINT Website and Newsletter Recruitment Language The HD repository is a database of people with Huntington’s disease (HD) or at-risk for HD who have participated in and/or may be interested in future research participation...

The list below is an abridged version of the REDCap Change Log Summary for the LTS 15.5.x branch, focusing on the end user impact at BILH. Improvement:: REDCap now supports the "ruby" HTML tag so that it may be utilized in user input (e.g., field labels, survey instructions). Improvement/change...

Newly available in REDCap version 15: Descriptive Popups! Descriptive popups are small pop-up boxes of text that become visible when hovering the mouse over a specific word or phrase on a data entry form or survey. Example: To add a descriptive pop-up: Go to the Online Designer page, and click on...