Using Clinical/Administrative Data for Research
Einstein-Montefiore Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, April 30, 2009
8:00 am
Einstein, Forchheimer Building, 1st Floor Lecture Hall
12:15 pm
MMC, Cherkasky Auditorium
Speaker
William Southern, MD
Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Einstein-Montefiore Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
A 1992 graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Southern completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center program (1992-1995).
In July 1995, Dr. Southern joined the faculty at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine as a clinician educator and hospitalist where he was actively involved with teaching medical students and residents. In July 2002, Dr. Southern joined the faculty at Einstein as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and helped found the Teaching Hospitalist program at Weiler.
He became the Director of Hospitalist Services at Weiler in 2004, and the Associate Medical Director at Weiler in 2007.
In June 2007 Dr. Southern received an MS in Clinical Research Methods and has published in the area of hospital medicine outcomes research. He is presently an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, and a member of the research faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine.
Medicine Grand Rounds this week is hosted by the Division of General Internal Medicine.
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Objectives
After attending this activity, participants will be able to:
- Recognize common issues encountered in the analysis of clinical/administrative data
- Be familiar with the elements of Montefiore’s clinical dataset
- Be familiar with the results of landmark papers that have utilized large administrative datasets to answer research questions
Accreditation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 credit towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.