Course Information
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5 ECTS
2025-11-30
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REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture), introduction
Course Leader
Jon Unosson
Department
Department of surgical sciences
Weeks
VT 2026, 8:15-12:00 wednesday week 5, 7, 9 and 12
Location
Not specified
Duration
Not specified
Description
Introduction to the practical use of REDCap, a tool for electronic data collection in clinical research.
A series of four half-day seminars during a semester with the creation of your own database between the course sessions.
Before the start of the course, participants must have access to REDCap via UCR. Seminars take place on site at Uppsala University, webinars between course sessions.
To benefit from the course, you must have a planned or ongoing research project where REDCap is used.
The course language is Swedish or English, depending on if all course participants ar proficient in Swedish.
The course is free of charge for PhD students. Other participants are charged SEK 3000 to cover indirect costs. In case of late cancellation (14 days) a fee of SEK 3000 is charged.
A series of four half-day seminars during a semester with the creation of your own database between the course sessions.
Before the start of the course, participants must have access to REDCap via UCR. Seminars take place on site at Uppsala University, webinars between course sessions.
To benefit from the course, you must have a planned or ongoing research project where REDCap is used.
The course language is Swedish or English, depending on if all course participants ar proficient in Swedish.
The course is free of charge for PhD students. Other participants are charged SEK 3000 to cover indirect costs. In case of late cancellation (14 days) a fee of SEK 3000 is charged.
Learning Outcomes
Be able to create, operate and close a database for clinical research using REDCap.
Be able to explain the possibilities and limitations legally and scientifically for such a database.
Be able to explain the possibilities and limitations legally and scientifically for such a database.
Content
Four compulsory course sessions with optional webinars in between. Supervision in creating a research database and critically reviewing and being able to report data in a research database created in REDCap
Instructions
One purpose of the course is for the participants to have a functioning database in REDCap to use for clinical research at the end of the course. Therefore, applicants with research projects that have direct use of such a database are given priority. The research project shall be described very briefly at the time of application.
Examination
Active participation in seminars.
Creation of database.
Constructive criticism as a user and reviewer of other course participant's database.
Creation of database.
Constructive criticism as a user and reviewer of other course participant's database.
Literature
Primarily web resources.
Teachers
Jon Unosson, clinical researcher, IKV
Gustav Svensk, dataexpert, UCR
Torbjörn Rosenke, dataexpert, UCR
Gustav Svensk, dataexpert, UCR
Torbjörn Rosenke, dataexpert, UCR
Contact
Jon Unosson
jon.unosson@uu.se
jon.unosson@uu.se