Education and Training

The SYNERGY CTSA offers a variety of educational resources outlined in the table below. Some are available now. Additional trainings will be added in the future. The CTSA also offers online courses at DIAMOND. If you have any suggestions for additional training, please email us at synergy@hitchcock.org.

List of Educational Opportunities Available to:
Undergrads (Dartmouth, INBRE, NECC) MD or PhD students Residents Postdocs/ Fellows Junior faculty Senior faculty Nurses Study staff
Scientific concepts, research design
Basics of study design ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Implementation science ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Clinical trial design ✔ ✔ ✔
Rural health ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Translational science ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Community, stakeholder engagement ✔ ✔ ✔
Research in Progress ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Nature Master Classes ✔ ✔
Grand Rounds, seminars ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Ethics/safety
CITI trainings ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Responsible conduct of research (Michigan)* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Drug/device development, regulation
FDA (SOCRA)* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Entrepreneurship ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Translational Tuesdays ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Clinical trial operations
PI Forum ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
RCT monitoring (Michigan)* ✔ ✔ ✔
Regulatory compliance (Advarra) ✔
Study, site management
GCP, trials mgt. (SOCRA)* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Data Management, Informatics
OnCore, eReg, EDC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Telehealth ✔ ✔ ✔
Data mgt. (Michigan)* ✔
Leadership, professionalism
DH Conaty program for leadership ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PI responsibilities (Michigan)* ✔ ✔
Diversity, equity, inclusion ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Mentor training (CIMER) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Communication, teamwork
Simulation Lab ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Conflict (Ohio St.)* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Scientific writing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
online courses at the DIAMOND library
SOCRA = Society of Clinical Research Associates
CIMER = Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research
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