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. 2024 Dec 1;31(12):2952-2957.
doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocae226.

Experiences in providing a community educational resource for the All of Us Researcher Workbench

Deborah I Ritter  1 , Jinyoung Byun  2 , Jun Wang  3 , Stephen Richards  3   4 , Pamela N Luna  3 , LaTerrica Williams  5 , Julie R Coleman  3 , Jasmine N Baker  3 , Shamika Ketkar  3 , Ashley M Butler  6 , Latanya Hammonds-Odie  7 , Elizabeth G Atkinson  3   8 , Kim C Worley  3 , Debra D Murray  3 , Brendan Lee  3 , Steven E Scherer  3
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Experiences in providing a community educational resource for the All of Us Researcher Workbench

Deborah I Ritter et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. .

Abstract

Objective: Educational offerings to fill the bioinformatics knowledge gap are a key component to enhancing access and use of health data from the All of Us Research Program. We developed a Train the Trainer-based, innovative training series including project-based learning, modular on-demand demonstrations, and unstructured tutorial time as a model for educational engagement in the All of Us community.

Materials and methods: We highlight our training modules and content, with training survey data informing cycles of development in the creation of a 6-module training series with modular demonstrations.

Results: We have conducted 2 public iterations of the Train the Trainer (Tx3) Series based on survey feedback while training over 300 registered researchers to access and analyze data on the All of Us Researcher Workbench.

Discussion and conclusion: Future directions of the Tx3 Series include enhanced focus on project-based learning and learner requests for modularity and asynchronous materials access.

Keywords: community-based participatory research; computational biology; training programs.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Figure 1.
Attendance numbers for the 2 public Tx3 iterations held to date. Attendance is presented by maximum attendees per session together with their respective institutions and categorized by those from colleges and universities and whether those institutions are minority serving together with other institutions including medical schools, hospitals and healthcare systems, government agencies, etc.
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