Using Computers to Enhance Academic Productivity

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Using Computers to Enhance Academic Productivity

• Michael L. Boninger, M.D,

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Outline

• Software you need to know
• The Internet
• Staying organized
• Doing it well
• Helping me

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Disclaimers

• I am not an expert in any program I will discuss
• I am not and have never been a consultant for or
  employed by Microsoft
• It is just what I know

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Software You Need to Know

• Document Program
• Word, Word Perfect
• Reference Manager Program
• End Note, Reference Manager
• Graphics Program
• Corel Draw, Canvas

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Software You Need to Know

• Database Program
• Excel, Access
• Statistical Program
• SPSS, SAS
• Presentation Program
• PowerPoint

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Reference Management

• Why?
• Citation Formatting
• Grants
• Papers
• Organization
• Finding papers
• Searching your own library
• Tips
• Link to medline

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Graphics Program

• Why?
• A picture is worth
• A picture may be the best thing you can do first
• Standard in MS probably not good enough
• Tip
• Just start

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Database

• Why?
• Hands on Data
• Is Excel enough
• Great start
• Not after a while why?
• Difficulty with large files
• Difficult to search and restructure
• Tips
• Learn the shortcuts

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Statistical Program

• Why?
• Excel not good enough
• You need to do your own stats
• Why?
• It will be your priority
• Only you understand the numbers
• You have to plot your results
• Tip
• Ask you stats person to show you how to run an
  analysis

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Presentations

• Why?
• It is your job to give good talks
• Good talks mean
• People learn
• Grant
• Honorarium
• Tips
• Experiment
• Ask a kid

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The Internet

• Learn Key Sources
• Your Library
• Electronic Journals
• Storable searches
• CRISP - http//crisp.cit.nih.gov/
• List of all NIH funded grants
• ISI through your library
• List of journal power ratings
• List of how often articles/authors are cited

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The Internet

• Key Sources
• Funding opportunity searches
• http//www.grants.gov/Index
• Google
• Your research office
• Subscription services
• The foundation center
• http//fdncenter.org/

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Medline/Pubmed

• Get good at searching
• Tips
• Title searches
• Author searches
• Look at the reference list
• Search authors again

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Staying Organized

• Filing
• More folders
• E-mail folders mimicking computer folders

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File Structure
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Staying Organized

• Calendar Program
• Give access freely
• Use privacy feature
• Contact list program
• Be liberal in additions
• PDA

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Doing It Well

• Tips
• Experiment
• Take longer and learn
• If you think a program should do something, it
  probably does
• Customize your software
• Back up your files
• Server/local computer
• Dont delete sent items for 4 years

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What Should I Add?
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Thank you