Overview

Overview

Transatlantic Telehealth Research Network

Conference Objectives 

  1. To provide a comprehensive introduction to big data research methods used in digital healthcare technologies aimed at providing service and engagement value to end users.
  2. To present innovative ways that digital solutions and technologies can incorporate big data and artificial intelligence to move health care forward. Students will examine possibilities by describing and discussing the methods they plan to use in their PhD dissertation project.
  3. To increase the sphere of international influence of PhD students by enabling them to network with other PhD students and early, mid- and late-career academic and clinical scientists and clinicians.

Participant Preparation / Expectations

Preparation- All students:

  1. Prepare an Ignite Talk (similar to an “elevator speech” that is 2 minutes in length) that provides a brief overview of YOU and your research plans or your ideas that you are passionate about studying. Please see "What is an Ignite talk."
  2. A list of relevant literature for the lectures will be accessible 2 months before the start of the PhD course; please review.

Expectations- Non USA students:
Complete a five-page conference paper by July 1, 2023 to meet criteria for a certificate to receive 2 ECTS points (56 hours) from Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH

1 ECTS= 28 hours workload for the individual student

  • Preparing ignite talk=2 hour
  • Writing conference papers=30 hours
  • Reading literature=12 hours
  • Lectures and workshops=12 hours

A total of 56 hours workload for the PhD students = 2 ECTS.

  • Submit your paper to: Connie Serenda email: serendc@ccf.org
  • Paper focus: research question (what, why important, new knowledge expectations) related to your Ph.D. project
  • Post submission paper feedback will be provided by PhD scientist/educator leaders
  • Template is provided

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH and TTRN will issue a certificate of participation.

Date

Monday, May 22, 2023 and Tuesday, May 23, 2023
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location

Lerner Building 
NA5-08 Amphitheatre
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, Ohio 44109

Faculty, Agenda & Accreditation

Faculty, Agenda & Accreditation

Course Chairs

  • Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, FAAN
    Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Research and Innovation-Nursing Institute; Consultative Staff- Lerner Research Institute and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kaufman Center for Heart failure-heart, vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA and Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark.
  • Birthe Dinesen, PhD
    Professor & Head of Laboratory for Welfare Technologies – Digital Health & Rehabilitation, Sport Sciences - Performance and Technology, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
  • Kristian Kidholm
    Professor, Center for Innovative Medical Technology (CIMT) Odense University Hospital & Southern Danish University (SDU), Denmark.
  • Helle Spindler, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Faculty

  • Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, FAAN
    Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Office of Nursing Research and Innovation, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, USA
  • Nick Anderson, PhD, MS
    Chief of Division of Health Informatics, Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis School of Medicine, Director of Informatics, Clinical and Translational Science Center, University of California, Davis, USA
  • Cynthia Danford, PhD, RN
    Nurse Scientist II, Office of Research and Innovation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA
  • Birthe Dinesen, PhD
    Professor & Head of Laboratory for Welfare Technologies – Digital Health & Rehabilitation, Sport Sciences - Performance and Technology, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
  • Karen Distelhorst, PhD, RN
    Nurse Scientist I, Office of Research and Innovation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA
  • Michael W. Kattan, PhD
    The Dr. Keyhan & Dr. Jafar Mobasseri Endowed Chair For Innovations in Cancer Research; Chair, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA
  • Kristian Kidholm, PhD
    Professor, Center for Innovative Medical Technology (CIMT) Odense University Hospital & University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark
  • Lorraine Novosel, PhD, RN
    Nurse Scientist I, Office of Research and Innovation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA
  • Mette Rothmann, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Research and Center for Innovative Medical Technology (CIMT) Odense University Hospital & University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark
  • Sandra Siedlecki PhD, RN
    Senior Nurse Scientist, Office of Research and Innovation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA
  • Helle Spindler, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Agenda

Monday, May 22, 2023 Conference Agenda
8 a.m.  Welcome – Cleveland Clinic Leader
TBD
8:15 a.m. Welcome/ Program overview
N. Albert/ K. Kidholm
8:25 a.m. Ignite Talks (2 minutes each)
Faculty / participants
9:45 a.m. Break
10:05 a.m. Large datasets and prediction
Michael Kattan
10:50 a.m. Research using large datasets via digital health surveillance
Faculty / Participants
11:05 a.m.

Patient reported outcomes and real-world data
Helle Spindler

11:45 a.m.  Discussion: monitoring/tracking data securely; missing data; data accuracy and artificial intelligence (AI) in telehealth
Course chairs / participant discussions
Noon Lunch
12:40 p.m. Acute clinical healthcare: clinical support via digital health/ artificial intelligence: Reimagining the future of healthcare
Nick Anderson
1:40 p.m. Participant discussions re facilitators/ barriers when using big data research: Designs, data collection, data analysis
Session faculty x4 / participant discussions
1:55 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. Bridging the gap between research study findings and clinical reality
Kristian Kidholm
3 p.m. Using a Participatory Design approach when planning new digital health technologies
Mette Rothmann
3:30 p.m. Participant table discussions on patient-reported outcomes
Participant discussions and report outs
3:55 p.m.

Wrap-up
N. Albert/K. Kidholm/B. Dinesen

5 p.m. Dinner, MOCÉ Café & Bar in Holiday Inn (8650 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH)
7:30 p.m. Tour of electronic digital health area: eICU (optional)

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Conference Agenda
8 a.m. Recap from yesterday: Each participant provides 1 comment regarding something new or different
N. Albert/B. Dinesen
9 a.m. The digital divide- disparities, social determinants of health and digital health
Karen Distelhorst
10 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. Population databases: Strengths, opportunities and limitations
Lorraine Novosel
11 a.m. Benefits of digital health in clinical trials and non-RCT research
Sandra Siedlecki
11:30 a.m. Group discussion re diversity, equity, inclusion, strengths and limitations of telehealth and information
Faculty/participant discussions
Noon Lunch
12:40 p.m. Tour: Digital Nursing at Cleveland clinic Main Campus post COVID-19 pandemic
Tour, Nelita Iuppa commentary
1:45 p.m. International Research Team Collaborations - Part 1
Cindy Danford
2:10 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. International research team collaborations - Part 2
Birthe Dinesen
3:20 p.m. Participant table discussions: Where are you now with your research? Possibilities for international cooperation?
Participant discussions and report outs
4:05 p.m. Wrap-up; paper expectations, evaluation and announcement of the TTRN PhD course May 20-22, 2024 at CIMT, Odense University Hospital in Denmark
Course chairs, faculty and participant discussions

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Registration

Registration

  • Registration due by May 10, 2023
  • Registration money cannot be refunded after May 5, 2023
  • There is a parking fee of $10 per day
  • Upon Arrive on Sunday afternoon (as desired), visit to the Cleveland Art Museum in the afternoon and pizza dinner and networking
  • For any questions, please contact Connie Serenda via e-mail at serendc@ccf.org
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Conference Fees
Cleveland Clinic Caregiver $339
General Attendee $339