1. Finding a Project and a Mentor

2. Getting Access to Montefiore/Einstein Licensed systems

- Epic
  - EPIC is Montefiore's electronic health record. You should have access already through the registrar. If not, your mentor can put in an EPIC ticket on your behalf to gain access.
  - Reactivation and Password Updates for Epic Accounts and chart reviews
- Montefiore EMR data access
  - Atlas allows systematic extraction of Montefiore EMR information based on specific search parameters
  - General information about Atlas: Link
  - Application for access to Atlas: Link
- Jacobi EMR data access
- Qualtrics
  - Qualtrics is a free software tool which is ideally designed for building surveys and creating chart extraction tools
  - Log into https://support.einsteinmed.edu/ and create a ticket requesting Qualtrics access
  - In addition to sessions during the MS2 year as part of the IMPACT course, on-demand training on the use of Qualtrics is available on:
    - Qualtrics website (https://www.qualtrics.com/training/)
    - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=qualtrics).
- RedCAp
  - Survey and data abstraction tool, similar to Qualtrics
  - Cost to OMSR is $500 per use, so availability for student projects limited
  - Information on access and training available here: https://redcap.einsteinmed.org/rc_training/getting_started.html
  - RedCap PowerPoint
- R/Rstudio
  - Free statistical software
  - Download of core software: https://cran.r-project.org/
  - Most people who use R use RStudio as a wrapper around R. RStudio offers a significantly improved interface and can be freely downloaded here (https://posit.co/products/open-source/rstudio/)
  - Basic introduction to R: https://posit.co/resources/videos/a-gentle-introduction-to-tidy-statistics-in-r/
  - Cloud-based interactive teaching resource: https://posit.cloud/learn/primers
  - Review relevant BERD House Resources:
    - https://intranet.einsteinmed.edu/research/ictr/services/berd/default.aspx
    - https://www.rdocumentation.org/
    - https://learningstatisticswithr.com/book/
  - Additional information
    - R-Intro Workshop 1
    - R-Intro Workshop 2
- Endnote
  - Reference management software; very useful when writing a manuscript
  - Can be downloaded for free via library website: https://library.einsteinmed.edu/endnote
- Zotero
  - Free alternative to Endnote
  - Better synchronization with AI agents
  - Available via https://www.zotero.org/download/
- Biorender (free scientific graphics software):
  - app.biorender.com/portal/einsteinmed

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