Training & Education

Practice Based Research Workshop

In collaboration with the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine, the Center recently Co-hosted a highly successful Workshop on Practice Based Research, which was held on the UC San Diego campus. Practice-based research is a form of original research undertaken within the setting of medical practice. This type of research modality may produce research findings that are immediately relevant to clinicians and easily translated into everyday practice. The workshop educated health providers and students on the principles and practice of PBR and helped establish new research collaborations to support their research interests. The workshop agenda can be found here

PBR Workshop Speakers

Workshop on Practice-Based Research (PBR) and Pragmatic Studies
7:30-8:15am	Breakfast and Registration
8:15-8:30am	Rusty Kallenberg, MD, UC San Diego Welcome, Introductions, and Orientation to the Day
8:30-9:15am	Keynote: Wilson Pace, MD, University of Colorado, Denver Practical issues in implementing PBR OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees of the practical issues of conducting PBR, including the benefits and the challenges encountered and how to overcome them
9:15-10:00am	Keynote: Jeffery A. Dusek, PhD, Integrative Health Research Center, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing Integrative Medicine PBR; BRAVENET and PRIMIER OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees of the advances of Integrative Medicine research and how it is influencing the direction of allopathic practice
10:00-10:15am	Break
10:15-10:45am	Rusty Kallenberg, MD, & William Sieber, PhD, UC San Diego Overview of PBR Efforts at UCSD OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees of the PBR efforts at UCSD in order to learn about possibilities, and how to move their practices forward for PBR
10:45-12:15pm	Presentations on Logistics of PBR - I Paul J. Mills, PhD, UC San Diego Overview of Presentations Shahrokh Golshan, PhD, UC San Diego Research designs appropriate for PBR OBJECTIVE: Will present and discuss different design and statistical issues involved in common and practical PBR trial designs and how to collaborate with a statistician Samantha Hurst, PhD, UC San Diego Qualitative Assessments OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees about the use of qualitative data in developing contextualized evaluation/research efforts in their practices, including bridging qualitative data with quantitative data in mixed methods designs Rusty Kallenberg, MD, UC San Diego Identifying practical and proper endpoints; PROMIS OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees of the NIH PROMIS questionnaire system and how to use it for their PBR
12:15-1:15pm	Round Table Lunches: Bring your PBR Project Planning Questions
1:15-2:45pm	Presentations on Logistics of PBR - II Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH, UC San Diego and National College of Natural Medicine PRECIS Guidelines and Pragmatic Clinical Trials OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees of the many issues surrounding conducting pragmatic research trials within the clinic setting; the benefits of these trials to obtaining effectiveness data for their practice Laura Redwine, PhD, UC San Diego Building PBR Collaborations OBJECTIVE: Inform attendees how to build successful collaborations amongst other clinicians and researchers to advance their PRB efforts William Sieber, PhD, UC San Diego Patient Engagement, Subject recruitment and Data Collection OBJECTIVE: Patient engagement in PBR is fundamental. This presentation will inform attendees of various ways to get patients participating in research, as well as important issues related to data collection.
2:45-3:15pm	Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH, UC San Diego Successful Implementation of IM PBR OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees of the nuts and bolts of how to successfully design and implement integrative PBR
3:15-3:30pm	Break
3:30-3:45pm	Paul J. Mills, PhD, UC San Diego Resources and Pilot Funding Programs Available OBJECTIVE: Will inform attendees of resources available at UCSD and opportunities to apply for pilot funding to support and conduct PBR
3:45-4:15pm	Panel Discussion With Speakers & Call To Action OBJECTIVE: This panel will enable further discussion and interaction on the workshop topics