AISR Workshops

Below are all the workshops currently being offered by AISR. View a complete list of AISR workshops to schedule a session by appointment.

Download the Academic Year 2011-2012 Workshops Brochure

CANCELLATION/ABSENCE POLICY: If you are unable to attend a session for which you have registered, please email gail.leone@jefferson.edu or call 215-503-2830 so we can admit another person.

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INFORMATION SEARCHING SKILLS SERIES:

Conducting Research with Knowledge-Based Databases, Search Engines and Managing Your Citations with RefWorks 2.0
Instructor: Dan Kipnis, MSI
Date: 3/7/2012
Time: 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Location: Scott LRC Room 306
(Register for this workshop)

This 3-hour workshop will cover PubMed, Scopus, Google and Google Scholar and how to use RefWorks 2.0 to manage your citations for publication. This workshop is designed for all Jefferson researchers. We’ll move from introductory concepts to more advanced search techniques. If you need to organize citations and aim to expedite your research output this workshop will help.

Agenda


1:30 – 2:15 p.m.       PubMed
2:15 – 2:30 p.m.       Break
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.       Scopus, Google and Google Scholar
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.       Break
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.       RefWorks 2.0
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.       Wrap-up

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Using Social Media at Jefferson
Instructor: Dan Kipnis, MSI
Date: 3/21/2012
Time: 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Location: Scott LRC Room 306
(Register for this workshop)

This 3-hour workshop will help the Jefferson community understand the world of social media.

Agenda


1:30 – 2:15 p.m.       Hospital and University policies for using social media
2:15 – 2:30 p.m.       Break
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.       Introduction to Twitter and how it can be used by Hospital and University Departments
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.       Break
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.       Blogging (platforms for blogging and examples of effective blogs)
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.       Wrap-up

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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SKILLS SERIES:

There are no Educational Technology Skills workshops offered at this time. If you would like to request an Information Searching Skills workshop before the next schedule is released in September, please contact Dr. Tony Frisby at 215-503-4990 or Tony.Frisby@jefferson.edu.

ONLINE SERIES:

Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial
Copyright & Fair Use Guidelines

This workshop will provide basic information about copyright and guidelines for classroom use of published materials. Fair use doctrine and its application in a university setting will also be addressed.

Getting Started with PowerPoint

Learn the basics: how to open a new presentation, choose an output type, apply a design template, add and format text, make speaker notes, print handouts and save/package your presentation.