archived: initial discussion RESEARCH & MEETING IN OMAHA, NE
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 5:31 pm
Hello everyone,
We wanted to get the word out to everyone about some research on OT that is going to be taking place in Omaha, Nebraska this fall. In conjunction with this we will be having our 3rd OT meeting.
Peggy has been corresponding via email with Dr. Torres-Russotto for the last four years ever since she initially contacted him to see if he was interested in coming to our very first meeting held in Rochester. He had indicated to her that he would be moving to Omaha with the intent to do research on OT. This process of getting all the approvals etc. necessary to do this research is finally over and he advised her earlier that he has “one final approval” to come in and then he will be ready to start.
With that in mind we did set up tentative dates to go to Omaha and I did post something on the forum to advise what is happening and also emailed any OT person I knew personally or had had contact with about this research. As a result, we had 12 OT people indicate that they would like to participate. I also tentatively arranged some kind of schedule around the research regarding the meeting and a presentation by the doctor.
We finally have “final approval”. I hope people will give some serious thought about participating in this. We finally have someone willing to do research and he has his own funding. Your only cost will be travel, accommodation and meals; who knows when this will happen again.
THE DATES OF THIS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
October 25 – OT Meeting
October 26 - Research
FLYER SENT BY DOCTOR WITH DETAILS ON RESEARCH IS SENT AS ATTACHMENT
CONTACT PERSON
I am just the contact person to get your contact information to pass on to the doctor. If you are planning on participating in this research please send me an email – peggyincanada@gmail.com I will need the following information from you: Name, email address and phone number.
The doctor sent me these steps that will be taken:
1. I will send your contact info to doctor OR you can contact the doctor directly at drtorres@unmc.edc
2. He will send via email the consent form and then will call the participant to review the consent form and all procedures with them. For this, they have a predefined script that has been approved for the phone interview.
3. If the person fulfills eligibility criteria and wants to proceed, they will sign consent and send it to doctor. The doctor will email again a questionnaire that needs to be filled out about OT symptoms and other important data.
4. They will schedule a visit to their center for examination.
Also, please make sure you read all this information first before emailing me with questions. Please remember that I am a volunteer doing this and trying to help liaison this information between the OT community and the doctor. If you contact the doctor directly about the research and are also planning on attending the meeting please let me know at least 2 weeks prior to October 25 so that I can ensure we have a room large enough to accommodate everyone for the meeting and dinner.
HOTEL
http://www.elementomahamidtowncrossing.com
Dr. Russotto recommended this hotel and another one that I checked into. This is the best one I felt and it is nice to stay together as a group. They have a free shuttle 7 days a week from early morning to 10 pm and will take us within a 5 mile radius of hotel and will pickup and dropoff to airport. The hospital where the research is taking place is very close by. The girl said the shuttle runs every 1/2 hr and we can book ahead of time. Because of this I can't see the need to rent a vehicle unless you choose to do so.
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ITINERARY FOR EVENTS
THURSDAY NIGHT AT RESTAURANT - CANTINA LAREDO - ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOTEL
5:30 - 6:00 - Introduction and Welcome by Gloria and Mike
6:00 -7:00 - Dinner
7:00 - Presentation by Dr. Russotto
Everyone can make their own decision if they will have to come the day before to make it in time for this. If your flight gets in on the Thursday with enough time to get to this then you can come Thursday - you will have to decide on this.
FRIDAY - Research will take place all day and you will have your appointments booked by the doctor. They can handle quite a few people in one day as he has advised that he has 3 teams that will be doing this.
Peggy will book a restaurant for everyone to go to supper at one location if they wish once she knows numbers.
SATURDAY – We will have some kind of wrap up discussion with the doctor on Saturday morning.
Peggy and Gloria
We wanted to get the word out to everyone about some research on OT that is going to be taking place in Omaha, Nebraska this fall. In conjunction with this we will be having our 3rd OT meeting.
Peggy has been corresponding via email with Dr. Torres-Russotto for the last four years ever since she initially contacted him to see if he was interested in coming to our very first meeting held in Rochester. He had indicated to her that he would be moving to Omaha with the intent to do research on OT. This process of getting all the approvals etc. necessary to do this research is finally over and he advised her earlier that he has “one final approval” to come in and then he will be ready to start.
With that in mind we did set up tentative dates to go to Omaha and I did post something on the forum to advise what is happening and also emailed any OT person I knew personally or had had contact with about this research. As a result, we had 12 OT people indicate that they would like to participate. I also tentatively arranged some kind of schedule around the research regarding the meeting and a presentation by the doctor.
We finally have “final approval”. I hope people will give some serious thought about participating in this. We finally have someone willing to do research and he has his own funding. Your only cost will be travel, accommodation and meals; who knows when this will happen again.
THE DATES OF THIS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
October 25 – OT Meeting
October 26 - Research
FLYER SENT BY DOCTOR WITH DETAILS ON RESEARCH IS SENT AS ATTACHMENT
CONTACT PERSON
I am just the contact person to get your contact information to pass on to the doctor. If you are planning on participating in this research please send me an email – peggyincanada@gmail.com I will need the following information from you: Name, email address and phone number.
The doctor sent me these steps that will be taken:
1. I will send your contact info to doctor OR you can contact the doctor directly at drtorres@unmc.edc
2. He will send via email the consent form and then will call the participant to review the consent form and all procedures with them. For this, they have a predefined script that has been approved for the phone interview.
3. If the person fulfills eligibility criteria and wants to proceed, they will sign consent and send it to doctor. The doctor will email again a questionnaire that needs to be filled out about OT symptoms and other important data.
4. They will schedule a visit to their center for examination.
Also, please make sure you read all this information first before emailing me with questions. Please remember that I am a volunteer doing this and trying to help liaison this information between the OT community and the doctor. If you contact the doctor directly about the research and are also planning on attending the meeting please let me know at least 2 weeks prior to October 25 so that I can ensure we have a room large enough to accommodate everyone for the meeting and dinner.
HOTEL
http://www.elementomahamidtowncrossing.com
Dr. Russotto recommended this hotel and another one that I checked into. This is the best one I felt and it is nice to stay together as a group. They have a free shuttle 7 days a week from early morning to 10 pm and will take us within a 5 mile radius of hotel and will pickup and dropoff to airport. The hospital where the research is taking place is very close by. The girl said the shuttle runs every 1/2 hr and we can book ahead of time. Because of this I can't see the need to rent a vehicle unless you choose to do so.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
ITINERARY FOR EVENTS
THURSDAY NIGHT AT RESTAURANT - CANTINA LAREDO - ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOTEL
5:30 - 6:00 - Introduction and Welcome by Gloria and Mike
6:00 -7:00 - Dinner
7:00 - Presentation by Dr. Russotto
Everyone can make their own decision if they will have to come the day before to make it in time for this. If your flight gets in on the Thursday with enough time to get to this then you can come Thursday - you will have to decide on this.
FRIDAY - Research will take place all day and you will have your appointments booked by the doctor. They can handle quite a few people in one day as he has advised that he has 3 teams that will be doing this.
Peggy will book a restaurant for everyone to go to supper at one location if they wish once she knows numbers.
SATURDAY – We will have some kind of wrap up discussion with the doctor on Saturday morning.
Peggy and Gloria