Presentations

2022

Beyond the Basics: Foundations and Applications of Qualitative Study Design, Analysis, and Reporting. Schifferdecker KE, Butcher RL, O’Connor S. One-day pre-conference workshop at: 2022 American Evaluation Association Annual Conference. November 2022. New Orleans, LA.

Successes and Challenges of Improving Transitional Care Management for Medicare Beneficiaries: Two Sides of the Story. O’Connor S, Boardman M. 2022 New England Rural Health Conference. Killington, VT. Nov 2022.

Health-Related Quality of Life Profiles of Adults with Arthritis. Knight E, Carluzzo KL, Reeve BB, Mueller K, Singh JA, Lin L, Schifferdecker K. EULAR 2023 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. Milan, Italy, June 1, 2023.

Program Evaluation 101. O'Connor S. The Northeast Region IDeA Conference (NERIC). Wilmington, DE. August 2023.

Humanizing Evaluations Beyond Grant Requirements: Challenges and Strategies for Centering Trauma-Affected Populations in Data Collection and Reporting. Steltenpohl CN, Denial CM, Knight E, Butcher RL, Parton R, Ahlers K, Sternberg K, Gaspar H, Barnett ER, Seely L, & Jankowski MK.  American Evaluation Association 2023 Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN. October 11, 2023.

2021

Using multisystem measurement to evaluate multidisciplinary primary care team transformation. O’Connor S. One-hour session at the 2021 New England Rural Health Conference. November 9-10, 2021.

NH-INBRE Alumni-Student Connections: Tapping into our deep bench of private sector alumni. Vaclavik, D. & O’Connor S. Panel presentation during the Program Evaluation and Administration of Research Leaders (PEARL) session at the 2021 Northeastern Research IDeA Conference (NERIC). August 18, 2021.

New Hampshire Childhood Cancer Survivor Experiences: A Qualitative Study.
Ricci A, Longacre M, Ramesh N, Kim J, Burke A, Hammond W, Rees J. Poster Presentation at presented at The New Hampshire Childhood Cancer Conference, June 10, 2021.

Provider perspectives around discontinuing colonoscopy in older adults with polyps. Schifferdecker KE, Calderwood AH, Puttige Ramesh N, Walter LC. AGS 2021 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting. The American Geriatrics Society. May 13-15, 2021.

Colonoscopy vs. Stool-Based Testing for Older Adults with a History of Colon Cancer.
Schifferdecker KE and Boardman M. Dartmouth NNE CO-OP PBRN Annual Meeting 2022. January 28, 2022.

2020

Boardman M, Calderwood AH, O’Connor S, et al. Impact of risk perception and knowledge on colonoscopy plans among older adults with a history of colon polyps. Practice-based Research Network Conference. Virtual. Aug 2020.

Butcher, RL. Engaging youth and caregivers in the development of Live Yes! JA INSIGHTS – an online platform to longitudinally track juvenile arthritis-related Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs). 15-min platform presentation (virtual), International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) Annual International Meeting, Oct. 23, 2020.

Carluzzo, KL, Knight EM, Schifferdecker KE, Creek E, Butcher R, & Eakin G. Age, Income, Education, and Health Conditions Are Associated with Patient Empowerment Among US Adults with Arthritis, but Race is Not. ACR Convergence 2020. American College of Rheumatology. Virtual Meeting, November 5-9, 2020.

Foster-Johnson, L, Sheff, E, Williams, P. (March, 2020). Registered Nurse, Enhanced Education for Primary Care (Project REEP): Transforming Nursing Practice in Primary Care. Poster presented at the Annual Eastern Nursing Research Society 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions. Boston, MA.

Knight E, Carluzzo K, Schifferdecker K, Creek E, Butcher R, & Eakin G (November 2020). Assessing the psychometric properties of a measure of patient empowerment with patients with arthritis. Presentation for the Annual American College of Rheumatology Convergence Conference.

2019

Butcher, R., Schifferdecker, KE, Jankowski, MK. Leveraging past contributions from the field: Using the CFIR model to produce actionable results. 45-min demonstration session, American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, November 15, 2019.

Butcher, RL, Schifferdecker, KE, Jankowski, MK. Measuring Implementation & Sustainability: Applying the CFIR Model. 1 hour, Children's Bureau Evaluation Summit, Washington, DC, Aug. 20-21, 2019.

Butcher, RL & Carluzzo, KL. Evaluation of the National VA Chief Resident in Quality & Safety Program, National CRQS Faculty Conference, Orlando, FL, Mar. 4-5, 2019

Foster-Johnson, L. & Donahue, C. (January, 2019). Peer review in Biology: Of novices, experts, and disciplines. 7th International Conference on Writing Analytics, St. Petersburg, FL.

Foster-Johnson, L. & Peck, K. (August, 2019). Program Evaluation: Strategic Planning. In S. O’Conner (Chair), IDeAs Together: Cross-state evaluation in action. Symposium conducted at the Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, Mt. Washington, NH.

Knight EM, Schifferdecker KE, Eakin GS. PRO Measure Profiling Tool (PROMPT): The Development of a Rubric for Optimal Assessment of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Quality of Life and Additional Domains. ISOQOL 26th Annual Conference. San Diego, October 20-23, 2019.

O’Connor S, Engaging STEM students for the long haul. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. November 2019.

O’Connor S, Engaging INBRE students for the long haul. The Western Region IDeA Conference. Las Vegas, NV. October 2019.

O’Connor S, Developing Research Culture in Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: a tale of change. The Northeast Region IDeA Conference (NERIC). Mt. Washington, NH. August 2019.

Schifferdecker KE, Eakin GS, Butcher RL, Knight EM, Creek EL, Schrandt MS, Marrow LC, Jaffe M, Vinci A. Partnering with Patients/Parent Partners and Stakeholders on Development of Live Yes Insights - an online personal health record to track arthritis-related Patient Reported Outcomes longitudinally. ISOQOL 26th Annual Conference. San Diego, October 20-23, 2019.

Schifferdecker KE, Butcher RL, O’Connor S. Qualitative Data Analysis and Reporting in Evaluation: Seeing the Forest for the Trees. Professional workshop. Evaluation 2019. American Evaluation Association. Minneapolis, November 11-16, 2019.

Williams, PJ, O'Hara, J, Silvius, K, Foster-Johnson, L. (April, 2019). Rivier Success and Visionary Project. Poster Presented at the 3rd Annual Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nursing Research Symposium, Lebanon, NH.

2018

Butcher, RL, Jankowski, MK, Knight, EM., “Effectiveness of a Trauma-Informed Care Initiative: A Randomized Study”, Children’s Bureau Trauma Grantee Meeting, Washington, DC, June 28-29, 2018.

Butcher, R, Knight, E., Pickrell, L. Lessons Learned in Evaluating Two Statewide Child Welfare System Change Initiatives: The Power of Multiple Voices and Mixed Methods Design. Cleveland, OH. November 3, 2018

Carluzzo, KL & Butcher, RL. “Mixed methods evaluation of the VA Chief Resident in Quality & Safety national program.” National CRQS Faculty Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 5-6, 2018.

Coffey, JS, McGrath, EB, O’Connor, S, Logan, BL, Pushee, JR., & Foster-Johnson, L. (May, 2018). Developing Nurse Scientists of the Future: A Unique Clinical-Academic Partnership. 26th Annual Conference for Nurse Educators: Clinicians and Educators: “Partnering to Develop Competence", N. Falmouth, MA.

Godfrey M, Foster VL, Nilsson M. (December, 2018). Validation of the quality improvement assessment (QIA). Institute for Healthcare Improvement Scientific Symposium, Orlando, FL.

Hege, I, Kononowicz, AA, Foster-Johnson, L, Kiesewetter, J. (August, 2018). Uncovering clinical reasoning processes and diagnostic errors of medical students in virtual patients. European Conference on Diagnostic Error in Medicine. Bern, Switzerland.

Jankowski, MK & Knight, E. The effects of caregiver SUD on the well-being of children and youth. Presentation for the Northeast Node of the Clinical Trials Network Academic Bimonthly Science Series.

O’Connor S, Best Practices in Longitudinal Assessment of Student Research Fellows. NIGMS National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) National Meeting. Washington, DC. June 2018.

O’Connor S, Student Outcomes: filling in the gaps. INBRE Principal Investigators and Program Coordinators Meeting. National Institutes of Health – Washington DC. September 2018.

O’Connor S, Developing Research Culture in Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: a tale of change. The Northeast Region IDeA Conference (NERIC). Mt. Washington, NH. August 2019.

Schifferdecker KE. Aim 1 and 2 Focus Group Results. Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. ADVANCE Assessing Breast Density's Value in Imaging – a Comparative Effectiveness study. Seattle, May 10, 2018

Tosteson A, Schifferdecker KE. Risk-based Screening Focus Group Findings. Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Risk-based Breast Cancer Screening and Surveillance in Community Practice. Seattle, May 11, 2018

2017

Hege, I, Foster-Johnson, L, & Kiesewetter, J. (August, 2017). Implementation of an online course to teach and assess clinical reasoning with virtual patients and concept mapping. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), Helsinki, Finland.

Logan, BL, Foster-Johnson, L, & Zotos, E. (September 2017). Urinary incontinence among adolescent female athletes. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, Montreal, Canada.

O’Connor S, The art of communication in the science of biomedical research and bioinformatics training. Paper presentation. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference. Washington, DC. November 2017.

O’Connor S, Why don’t they do my survey? An examination of strategies that improved an annual survey response rate by 42% among millennials. Paper presentation. Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association in Washington, DC. November 2017.

O’Connor S. The Latest and Greatest in Program Evaluation. Panel. Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, Vermont Genetics Network (VT-INBRE). August 2017.

O’Connor S. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Undergraduate Pipeline Programs. Paper presentation. NH-INBRE Annual Meeting, North Conway NH. August 2017.

O’Connor S. Rhode Island INBRE Internal Evaluation: Tying it all Together. Keynote presentation. RI-INBRE Network Meeting, Providence College. January 2017.

Pickrell, L. Using Rapid Feedback Evaluation to Guide Implementation and Improve Adoption Competency in New Hampshire’s Child Welfare and Mental Health Workforces. American Evaluation Association Conference, Washingotn D.C., November 2017.

Schifferdecker KE, Butcher R. Managing Qualitative Analysis in Complex Projects: Tips and Tools for Using a Mixed Inductive and Deductive Approach with Dedoose. Evaluation 2017. American Evaluation Association. Washington DC, November 6-11, 2017.

2016

O’Connor S. NIH and IDeA: Why do we evaluate INBRE programs? Paper presentation. NH-INBRE Annual Meeting, North Conway NH. August 2016.

Foster-Johnson, L. & Kromrey, JD. (May, 2016) What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Adjusting for Endogeneity in Multilevel Modeling. Modern Modeling Methods, University of Connecticut.

Foster-Johnson, L, Fall, LH, O’Connor, EE, Smith, S, Tinguely, SJ, Margo, KL. (November, 2016). Barriers to Virtual Patient Use in Clinical Teaching: Results of a National Survey of Clerkship Directors. 2016 AAMC Medical Education Meeting. Seattle, WA.

Seagrave, M, Margo, K, Waits, J. Lipfert, J, & Foster-Johnson, L. (November, 2016). Assessing the Relationship between Student Engagement with Virtual Patients and Associated Self-Assessment Questions and Student Performance on a Validated National Family Medicine Clerkship Exam. 2016 AAMC Medical Education Meeting. Seattle, WA.

Napier, B, Foster-Johnson, L, Smith, S. & Fall, LH. (November, 2016). Impact of Virtual Patient Case Exposure and Content on Learning: A Systems-Based Approach. 2016 AAMC Medical Education Meeting. Seattle, WA.

Kaiser K, Schifferdecker KE, Carluzzo KL, Eisenstein A, Greene G, Yount S, Cella D, Fisher E. Creating Condition-Specific PROMIS® Assessments: An Overview of the Gap Analysis Method. PROMIS Health Organization Conference 2016. Copenhagen, October 23-24

Kallen MA, Cella D, Yount S, Schifferdecker KE, Carluzzo KL. Determining when multidimensionality impacts total scale and subscale scores: Application of confirmatory bifactor modeling to osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) patient responses to the KOOS. PROMIS Health Organization Conference 2016. Copenhagen, October 23-24

Schifferdecker KE, Carluzzo KL, Kaiser K, Nelson E. Exploring patient goals as an addendum to patient-reported outcome measures. ISOQOL 23rd Annual Conference. Copenhagen, October 19-22, 2016.

Kallen MA, Cella D, Yount S, Schifferdecker KE, Carluzzo KL. Patient-generated condition-specific derivatives of generic item banks: Knee osteoarthritis and PROMIS Physical Function. ISOQOL 23rd Annual Conference. Copenhagen, October 19-22, 2016.

O’Connor S, Ackerman C. Getting the Word Out: Communicating Evaluation Results to Diverse Audiences. NIGMS National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) National Meeting. Washington, DC. June 2016.

O’Connor S, Colby L. NH-INBRE: Exploring Student Outcomes. NIGMS National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) National Meeting. Washington, DC. June 2016.

2015

Butcher R, Colby L, Schifferdecker KE. An Evaluation Framework for Wellness in an Academic Setting Lessons from Dartmouth’s Multi-Level Evaluation Effort. Building Healthy Academic Communities webinar. Nov 17, 2015

Schifferdecker KE, Carluzzo K, Mastanduno M, Kerrigan C. ONC/HITECH Project Findings. KP Population Health Strategy webinar. June 18, 2015.

Kromrey, JD & Foster-Johnson, L. (August, 2015). Group-Level Outcomes in Multilevel Designs: An Empirical Comparison of Analysis Strategies. Joint Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Seattle, WA.

Berman, NB & Foster-Johnson, L. (November, 2015). The Impact of Peer-Response Feedback in Virtual Patient Cases on Student Engagement. 2015 AAMC Medical Education Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Berman, NB & Foster-Johnson, L. (November, 2015). The Impact of Virtual Patient Case Completion on Exam Scores - A Multi-institutional Study. 2015 AAMC Medical Education Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Phillipi CA., Foster-Johnson, L, Sachs, L., Lehman, D., Escovedo, C., Smith, S. (March, 2015). Self-Assessment Questions Are More Likely To Be Utilized by Engaged Students. Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP), New Orleans, LA.

Schifferdecker KE. Evaluation of a graduate-level education program in an international setting: attention to power dynamics and participation. Evaluation 2015. American Evaluation Association. Chicago, November 9-14, 2015.

Schifferdecker KE. Obtaining credit for evaluation work in academic settings. Evaluation 2015. American Evaluation Association. Chicago, November 9-14, 2015.

Carluzzo K, Schifferdecker KE. Multi-modal stakeholder evaluation embedded in research. Evaluation 2015. American Evaluation Association. Chicago, November 9-14, 2015.

Ahmad FS, Kaiser K, Schifferdecker KE, Adachi-Mejia AM, Eisenstein A, Yount S, Cella D, Kallen M, Carluzzo K, Fisher ES. Creating Heart Failure-Specific Measures from PROMIS®. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2015. American Heart Association. Orlando, November 7-11, 2015.

Schifferdecker KE, Kaiser K, Adachi-Mejia A, Eisenstein A, Yount S, Cella D, Kallen M, Carluzzo K, Fisher E. Creating Condition-Specific Patient Reported Outcome Measures. Inaugural Annual Conference. PROMIS Health Organization. Philadelphia, May 15, 2015.

O’Connor S. New Hampshire INBRE Student: Impact and Outcomes. Paper presentation. NH-INBRE Annual Meeting, Portsmouth NH. August 2015.

O’Connor S. INBRE Evaluation Strategies & Best Practices. Panel. Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, MDI Biological Laboratory (ME-INBRE). September 2015.

2014

Butcher, R. Evaluation of the Chief Resident in Safety & Quality Program. VA Office of Academic Affiliations, Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2014.

Butcher RL. The Importance of Context and Program Structure in Education Evaluation. Panel presentation at American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Oct. 15-18, 2014.

Fisher E, Schifferdecker KE. Facilitating Patient Reported Outcome Measurement for Key Conditions. PCORI Patient-Centered Methods in CER Evidence-to-Action Network (E2AN) webinar. December 16, 2014.

O’Connor S. Evaluating a faculty mentoring program for early career research investigators. Paper presentation. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference. Denver, CO. October 2014.

2013

Aytur S, Butcher R, Carlson C, Schifferdecker KE, Madol R, Fechner S, Gabriel K, Jing J. Youth as change agents for healthy neighborhood environments: The Manchester photovoice project. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Nov 2-6, 2013.

Aytur S, Butcher RL, Schifferdecker KE. Understanding low-income and refugee girls’ perceptions of neighborhood safety using Participatory Action Research. 141st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Nov. 2-6, 2013, Boston MA.

Aytur, S, Schifferdecker KE, Butcher R, Zavatone-Veth H. Creating Safe Neighborhoods for Active Living: A Case Study of Cross-Sectoral Collaboration. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Feb 26-28, 2013. San Diego, CA.

Butcher, R. Lessons from the National College Health Improvement Project Realist Evaluation. NCHIP Symposium, Boston, MA, June 26, 2013.

Chevalier L, Gorrindo T, Reed V, Schifferdecker KE, Birnbaum RJ. Evaluating the Use of Personal Learning Plans to Assess Intent to Change in Live and Online Educational Programs. AAMC Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Nov 1-6, 2013.

Gorrindo T, Chevalier L, Reed V, Schifferdecker KE, Birnbaum, RJ. Educational Program Evaluation Utilizing the SMART Learning Plan. MedEdPORTAL, AAMC Annual Meeting. Nov 1-6, 2013.

Margo KL, Leong SL, Chessman AW, Seagrave M, Anthony D, Schifferdecker KE, Scott SM. Virtual Patient Cases to Teaching Tools: Evolution of FMCases to Support Preceptor And Resident Teaching. 39th Annual STFM Conference on Medical Student Education. January 24-27, 2013. San Antonio, TX.

O’Connor S. NH-INBRE Bioinformatics Core: goals and evaluation strategies. Paper presentation. Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, University of Delaware. August 2013.

O’Connor S, Forrester JH, & Conway P. Where are they now? Using technology to track undergraduate student researchers: perspectives from three rural states. Poster presentation. AEA Annual Conference. Washington, DC. October 2013.

Ruggles L, Fedrizzi R, Bazos DA, Schifferdecker KE, Hoebeke J, Goldsberry Y. Active learning collaboratives: A framework for CBPR in three communities. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Nov 2-6, 2013.

Schifferdecker KE, O’Connor S, Butcher RL, Adachi-Mejia AM, Imset I, Bazos DA. InSHAPE® Together: A multilevel, intergenerational, community-based program to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Nov 2-6, 2013.

Schifferdecker KE, Butcher RL, Colby L, Nguyen B. Remodeling Rather than Reinventing the Wheel: Adapting Existing Measures of Environmental and Policy Factors for a Workplace Health Promotion Program Evaluation. American Evaluation Association Meeting. Denver, October 13-18, 2014

Scott SM, Anthony D, Margo KL, Chessman AW, Chao J, Seagrave M, Schifferdecker KE, Leong SL. Strategies and Motivations for Effective Teaching Among Exemplary Community Based Preceptors. 39th Annual STFM Conference on Medical Student Education. January 24-27, 2013. San Antonio, TX.

2012

Butcher, R. Evaluation of Injury Prevention Programs. New England Regional Injury Prevention Consortium, Waltham, MA. Oct. 24, 2012.

Butcher, R. National College Health Improvement Project Evaluation Findings. NCHIP Learning Session, Washington, DC., July 9, 2012.

Reed, VA, Turco M, Schifferdecker KE (2012). Promoting and Assessing Continuing Medical Education Learning Outcomes Via a Personal Learning Plan© : A CME Best Practice. CME Congress in Toronto, ON, May, 2012.

O’Connor S, Forrester JH, & Conway P. Using Mixed Methods, Measurements of Student Characteristics, and Tracking Methods to Evaluate Programs Recruiting Students into Science Careers. Panel presentation. AEA Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. October 2012.

O’Connor S, Reed VA, & Slattery MJ. Mixed methods evaluation of a summer nursing research program. Poster presentation. NCRR National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) National Meeting. Washington, DC. June 2012.

2011

Aytur, S, Schifferdecker KE, Thomas A, Caron R, Berke E, Hoebeke J, McCorkell M, Tenczar A, Carlson C, Butcher R. Creating Safe Neighborhoods for Active Living: A Case Study of Policy Change. Active Living Research Conference. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. February 22-24, 2011. San Diego, CA.