Programme

02 May 2013

Day 1 : DLI TRAINING

Location

Session 1.0
8:30-9:00

Meet and Greet (and Eat)
Check your e-mail prior to the sessions and grab some tea or coffee to start your day.

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Session 1.1
9:00-9:15

Welcome
Welcome to Saint Mary’s and welcome to DLI Atlantic 2013.

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Session 1.2
9:15-11:15

Real Time Remote Access (RTRA)
The RTRA system is an on-line remote access facility allowing users to run SAS programs, in real-time, against micro-data sets located in a central and secure location. David Price will lead this hands-on session (no SAS experience needed).
1-2a_RTRA_SAS_SPSS.pptx | 1.2b_RTRA_ResearchQuestion.docx  |  1-2c_RTRA_SLID_Elderly.docx

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11:15-11:30

Bio-break

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Session 1.3
11:30-12:30

DLI Central Update, Pt. I
What’s new and exciting with the DLI Unit this year?  David Price and Chantal Ripp will provide traditional update materials as well as answer any questions you might still have about the new licence conditions (standard products, PUMFs, CIHI, Canada Post)
1-3_DLI_Update.ppt

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12:30-1:30pm

Lunch

L-PDR

Session 1.4
1:30-3:00pm

  Justice Statistics
Kathy AuCoin will give us an exciting presentation about the Justice Statistics available from Statistics Canada.

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3:00-3:15

Bio-break

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Session 1.5
3:15-4:15

DLI Central Update, Pt. II
The fun continues with Chantal Ripp who will review changes which will be happening with the DLI Website.  Hold on to your hats!
1-5_DLI_Website.ppt

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Session 1.6
4:15-4:30

Day 1 Wrap-up
Unfinished business from the morning and brief intro regarding what it means to be a Regional Training Co-ordinator (RTC).

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6:30

Dinner at the Wooden Monkey

1707 Grafton

03 May 2013

Day 2 : DLI TRAINING

Location

Session 2.0
8:30-9:00

Pre-session Caffeination

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Session 2.1
9:00-10:30

 Beyond 20/20
Start your day off with a bang.  Siobhan Hanratty will guide you through an exercise using Beyond 20/20 (and PCCF if there’s time)

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10:30-10:45

Bio-break

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Session 2.2
10:45-11:30

Open Data
Peter Webster will present some open data options for us.

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Session 2.3
11:30-12:30

Life without E-STAT
We’ve been dreading it, but there’s no escaping it: E-STAT will be decommissioned at the end of June.  What shall we do without it?  Carolyn DeLorey will show us some of the possibilities and we’ll follow up with a conversation regarding some others, including one introduced by the University of Guelph.

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12:30-1:30

Lunch

LI-135

Session 2.4
1:30-2:30

Canadian Institute for Health Information
Now that we have the data, what does it look like?  Azim Bhamani will spend some time showing us data from the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD).
2-4_CIHI-DAD_webversion.pptx

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Session 2.5
2:30-3:00

Wrap-up
Planning for next year
Pictures, Evaluations, and Good-byes

Have a safe trip home!

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