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A Future Webinar

Webinar: New research tools for exploring disability, rehabilitation-related national-survey and administrative claims data 

 

When: February 20, 2013 2:00 -3:00 pm (EST)

 

Population-based data sources such as national surveys and administrative claims data are valuable resources for testing hypotheses and generating national-level estimates about disability and rehabilitation related-issues. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to identify what datasets are available and further what data are most appropriate for addressing a specific research interest.

 

This presentation will introduce two new innovative web-based free resources designed to help researchers learn:

  • ·           What datasets related to disability and rehabilitation are out there?
  • ·           What topics are covered in each dataset?
  • ·           What are the dataset strengths and limitations?
  • ·           How do I access the datasets?

 

Presenters:

 

William Erickson and Arun Karpur

Employment & Disability Institute

Cornell University

 

The Rehabilitation Dataset Directory is a browse-able/searchable database providing an overview, description, sample and other pertinent information for over 30 datasets. The Rehabilitation Research Cross-dataset Variable Catalogallows the exploration of variables organized by topics (including disability and health conditions, healthcare, health behaviors and more) simultaneously across 6 major datasets.

 

To register for this free webinar, please go to: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/register/index.cfm?event=4211

 

The tools were developed by the Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) at Cornell University in collaboration with the Center for Rehabilitation Research using Large Datasets (CRRLD ) at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). This work was funded by a sub-contract to EDI through funding from the CRRLD.

 

The Center for Rehabilitation Research using Large Datasets (CRRLD) is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and is part of the Medical Rehabilitation Infrastructure Network (Grant # R24 HD065702).

 

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February Program Evaluator’s Moment

To all RPEN members,

Last week I had a unique experience. A District Director (Regional Manager) in my agency contacted me and asked what the

agency’s customer satisfaction survey reveals about how they are doing in their district and for what I saw in the data that

would suggest a direction for program improvement. I wish I could say that such a dialogue was commonplace. The reality

is that it is the first time since I started my position five and a half years ago that a District Director got curious about

outcomes from the agency’s customer satisfaction survey and communicated it.

 

Your experience may be different where you work. Regardless, what can we do to foster curiosity about data and what

can it  mean to Vocational Rehabilitation if it is used effectively?

 

Michael Shoemaker, M.A., CRC, LVRC, CPM

Utah State Office of Rehabilitation 

Program Planning and Evaluation Specialist