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Each year the VA Palo Alto Big Data-Scientist Training Enhancement Program (BD-STEP) hosts a "VA Data Bootcamp" conference to orient trainees to the VA's electronic health record databases and network of clinicians, researchers, and operational managers. Below is the schedule for the 2024 bootcamp. All sessions will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams; all times listed are Pacific. Attendance at the 2024 VA Data Bootcamp is limited to those at VA Palo Alto, Stanford University, and HSR CDA applicants. 

Slides and recordings from 2023 are available on the VA intranet only at http://vaww.herc.research.va.gov/include/page.asp?id=va-data-bootcamp-2023. We ask that you do not share these recordings or slides with others. Thank you.

Note: Slides and recordings from 2024 will be available on the VA intranet only after the conclusion of the 2024 bootcamp (http://vaww.herc.research.va.gov/include/page.asp?id=va-data-bootcamp-2024). 

 

Day 1: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
9:00am - 9:30am

Welcoming Remarks & Good Clinical Practices
Todd Wagner, PhD
9:30am - 10:00am

Clinical Data Origins: How clinicians use CPRS and the effects on VA data quality
Donna Zulman, MD
10:00am - 10:30am

Access to VA Data: Requesting Data and Publication Protocols
Samantha Illarmo, MPH
10:30am - 11:00am

Intro to VINCI Tutorial
Laura Graham, PhD, MPH 
11:00am - 11:30am

Programming Best Practices
Esther Meerwijk, PhD, MSN
11:30am - 12:00pm

Q&A on Programming in VINCI
Diem Tran, PhD, Liam Rose, PhD & Adam Chow, BA
12:00pm - 12:30pm

Overview of Medicaid, Medicare, and Mortality Data
Jean Yoon, PhD

 

Day 2: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
9:00am - 9:30am

Overview of VA Purchased Care
Liam Rose, PhD
9:30am - 10:00am

Overview of DaVINCI/DoD Data
Libby Dismuke-Greer, PhD
10:00am - 10:30am

Overview of VA Laboratory Data
Vilija Joyce, MS 
10:30am - 11:00am

Overview of VA Mental Health Data
Kritee Gujral, PhD
11:00am - 11:30am

Overview of VA Labor Data
Susan Schmitt, PhD & Anjali Franco, MS 
11:30am - 12:00pm

Overview of VA Pharmacy Data
Mark Bounthavong, PharmD, PhD
12:00pm - 12:30pm

Overview of VA Telehealth Data 
Josephine Jacobs, PhD

 

Day 3: Thursday, October 24, 2024
9:00am - 9:30am

Overview of VA Women's Health Data
Ciaran Phibbs, PhD
9:30am - 10:00am

Overview of Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Data 
Liberty Greene, MS
10:00am - 10:30am

Developing Clinical NLP Tools at the VA
Suzanne Tamang, PhD
10:30am - 11:00am

Overview of VA Cost Data & Risk Adjustment
Todd Wagner, PhD
11:00am - 11:30am

Overview of VA Geriatrics and Extended Care Data
Sharon Dally, MS & Winifred Scott, MPH
11:30am - 12:00pm

Overview VA Surgical Data
Laura Graham, PhD, MPH
12:00pm - 12:30pm

Cancer Data
John Leppert, MD, MS

 

Last Updated Date: September 11, 2024