Redcap Training for KBTH Staff
The Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) or the REDCap Core Team delivers an extensive assortment of design, statistical, analytical, and database management/REDCap support services aimed at aiding Korle-bu Teaching Hospital staff in securing grant funding, conducting research, and publishing study findings. Furthermore, BERD proposes a variety of educational undertakings including seminars and training programs, responding to the needs of diverse departments and units. The provided services are delivered collaboratively with the Biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and health information experts at the Public Health and Surgical Departments.
The key objectives of the BERD core team include:
- Offering readily accessible and top-tier expertise and support in biostatistics, bioinformatics, epidemiology, and research design to optimize the rigor, reproducibility, and impact of clinical and translational research. Additionally, to facilitate research that promotes health equity.
- Developing, implementing, and promoting innovative statistical methods and software to progress translational science, with a focus on inventive clinical trial designs, analysis of high-dimensional data from emerging technologies, and causal inference methods for observational studies.
- Enhancing biomedical data science abilities to provide continuous support for the extraction, integration, and analysis of large and complex datasets.
- Providing educational and training opportunities in statistics and data science for researchers and clinical research staff across all levels.
Consultation Services:
- Biostatistics Consultation Service
- Research Design Consultation Service
- Data Management and REDCap Consultation Service REDCap Login
About REDCap
Biostatistics Consultation Service:
The Biostatistics Consultation Service offers expert statistical advice for researchers, assisting in study design, data interpretation, and statistical analysis. This service aids in enhancing the methodological quality of the research, ultimately ensuring more accurate and reliable results.
Research Design Consultation Service
The Research Design Consultation Service is committed to helping researchers develop robust and efficient study designs. With extensive knowledge in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, this service aids researchers in developing research questions, hypotheses, and methodologies, ensuring their study design is sound, feasible, and ethical
Data Management and Recap Consultation Service
The Data Management and REDCap Consulatation Service provides comprehensive support for managing and analyzing data efficiently and accurately using REDCap. This service provides guidance on best practices for data collection, data cleaning, database construction, and ensuring data security. The team is also specialized in using REDCap for data capture and can assist in designing databases and surveys tailored to the specific needs of research studies.
Members (staff)
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) team is fortified by an exceptionally skilled group of professionals specializing in biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical and operational research, and health information. Hailing from various departments and units, they have delivered numerous consultations since our establishment.
Micheal Ashely: In his leadership role, Micheal heads the biostatistics division within the surgical department. His expertise in statistical methods applied to health outcomes aids in understanding and improving of patient care
Dorothy Naa Ashiokor Darko: As Secretary and head of CoVid-19 Surveillance, Dorothy also serves as a Senior Biostatistician and Epidemiologist in the Public Health Unit. Her knowledge in tracking and understanding the spread of diseases provides valuable insight in managing public health crises.
Joseph Zackariah: Joseph is a Health Information and Data Management expert in the Public Health Unit. His skills in maintaining, collecting, and analyzing health data play a pivotal role in informing public health decisions and policies.
Hillary Mensah: A Senior Biostatistician, Hillary has specific expertise in Machine Learning and Spatio-temporal analysis. His work involves the use of advanced statistical methods to understand patterns and trends in health data over space and time.
Dr. Kissinger Marfoh: As a Clinical Biostatistician and Epidemiologist, Dr. Marfoh applies statistical methods to clinical data to understand disease patterns and to improve patient care and outcomes.
For more information and inquiry contact the secretariate at kbredcap@kbth.gov.gh
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap)
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) Quickly build databases and surveys tailored to your research needs
About REDCap
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a cost-free, safe, web-based software intended for swiftly constructing databases and surveys suited to research studies. Research teams are capable of transforming a database or survey idea into a fully-functional tool within one day. The new version of REDCap adheres to HIPAA regulations but does not comply with 21 CFR Part 11. The system was born out of a collaborative initiative led by Vanderbilt University and has since seen widespread use nationwide across diverse research fields.
Benefits of REDCap
- Input data from any global location with secure web authentication, data logging, and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.
- Designed to enhance longitudinal, prospective, and/or retrospective studies and multicenter clinical trials.
- Features web-based case report forms, real-time data entry validation (for example, for data types, range checks), audit trails, and the functionality to set a calendar to schedule and track important study events like blood draws, participant visits.
- Multi-site access: Allows for collaborative work among researchers from different sites and institutions.
- Advanced question features: Includes auto-validation, branching logic, and stop actions Automated 'approval' for project modifications in production.
- Enhanced editing abilities for event definition and instrument designation.
- Export survey results to popular data analysis software. Export your data to Microsoft Excel, SAS, STATA, R, or SPSS for analysis
Get started
- For assistance with retrieving your REDCap username and login, or for setting up a new account, please visit the login help page: REDCap Login
Receive Training
1) Introductory Overviews
2) Basic Features & Functionality
- Introduction to Instrument Development (6 min)
- Overview of Basic Data Entry (19 min)
- Applications Overview (16 min)
3) Project Types
- Overview of Project Types (3 min)
- Traditional Project (3 min)
- Single Survey Project (5 min)
- Longitudinal Project (3 min)
- Longitudinal + Scheduling Project (3 min)
- Operations Project (2 min)
4) Special Topics
- REDCap Mobile App (2 min)
- Project Field Types (4 min)
- The Calendar (7 min)
- Data Access Groups for Multi-site Projects (7 min)
- Data Resolution Workflow – Data Queries Module (5 min)
- Locking Records (2 min)
- Defining Longitudinal Events (5 min)
- Designating Instruments for Events (3 min)
- Scheduling Module (7 min)
- Repeating Instruments and Events (33 min)
Referencing REDCap
1PA Harris, R Taylor, R Thielke, J Payne, N Gonzalez, JG. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81.
2PA Harris, R Taylor, BL Minor, V Elliott, M Fernandez, L O’Neal, L McLeod, G Delacqua, F Delacqua, J Kirby, SN Duda, REDCap Consortium, The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software partners, J Biomed Inform. 2019 May 9 [doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208]