1. Acuity STAR Intermediate

2. Acuity STAR Intermediate Level Training Acuity STAR

3. Acuity STAR Intermediate Goals By the end of today’s session you should: Understand the background of STAR and why Schulich uses STAR for Clinical Faculty CVs Understand where and how to access STAR Be provided a walkthrough of the All Activities view Be provided valuable tips and tricks Understand how to access STAR Reports Understand how to get STAR help

4. Acuity STAR Intermediate What is STAR? STAR is an acronym for “Staff Tracking & Activity Reporting” Custom developed Web based application Vendor is Acuity Software Inc., Ottawa Ontario Current version is STAR v5.5b

5. Acuity STAR Intermediate Acuity Customers using STAR

6. Acuity STAR Intermediate About STAR Secure application that applies role based security to allow you to see and modify only the data you have permissions to edit Input information once and report on it infinitely. The Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry guideline is to update your STAR database at least once per month.

7. Acuity STAR Intermediate Accessing Acuity STAR Acuity STAR Intermediate

8. Accessing STAR Mozilla FireFox http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ No cost, similar experience to Internet Explorer For this session only: Log on to LHSC/SJHC Desktop – log on as you normally do Start FireFox – If Firefox is not installed proceed with IE. Google: STAR UWO – first entry

9. Acuity STAR Intermediate Accessing STAR Two important web links – https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/star/ https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/star/ – https://star.schulich.uwo.ca *application site https://star.schulich.uwo.ca – Bookmark these later at your desk Do you have a STAR account and/or recall your password? – I will reset passwords if required Disable pop-up blockers

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11. Logon Menu

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13. Acuity STAR Demo Acuity STAR Intermediate

14. Acuity STAR Tips & Tricks Acuity STAR Intermediate

15. Tips & Tricks If the Buttons disappear in the Data Grid: – Check to see if the double scrollbars are offset If you enter a record and do not see it in the data grid: – Check to see if you have data filters set prohibiting you from seeing all data records. Follow NLM standards for Publication & Presentation information – Hover over ? Button to see a review of NLM

16. Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks In Data Grid Menu: – To Excel button This feature allows the user to export the grid viewing pages to an excel file so that the data can be sorted and manipulated One way export – you cannot import any changes made in an exported Excel list – Import button Enables fast entry of long lists of publications or presentations Data must follow NLM standards Call Your STAR Coordinator or Faculty Admin if you need assistance

17. Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks In Data Grid Menu: – Bulk Edit located just above the data grid Allows the user to edit multiple records simultaneously Speeds up data entry Call your STAR Coordinator or Faculty Admin if you need assistance

18. Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks What Dates to Enter: – If the event happened on a single day - put the same date into both Start Date and End Date fields. – If the event happened several times during the year – put academic year start and end dates in STAR.

19. Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks Three SSMD Sample reports available – CV, APCV, APTD – Excellent source to compare CV reports to – Shows exactly where in STAR the data comes from User guide, data entry guide Monthly update form – Helps log and capture required entries or changes – Allows you to accumulate changes Available from your Coordinator or from https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/star/resources https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/star/resources

20. Acuity STAR Intermediate Acuity STAR Reports Acuity STAR Intermediate

21. STAR Reports Bio Sketch Psychiatry MBR Surgery CDP Maintenance of Certification SSMD Promotion CV (APCV) SSMD Teaching Dossier (APTD) UWO Standard CV

22. Acuity STAR Intermediate Acuity STAR Support Acuity STAR Intermediate

23. STAR Support Help buttons for specific data questions STAR Coordinators across all departments https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/star/contacts https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/star/contacts Escalate problems through to STAR support Bugs and system errors – Capture as much information as you can and contact your STAR Coordinator or Faculty Admin Staged releases of enhancements (5.6 in January) Always looking for suggestions to improve

24. Acuity STAR Intermediate Goals: Review Have these been met? Understand the background of STAR and why Schulich uses STAR for Clinical Faculty CVs Understand where and how to access STAR Be provided a walkthrough of the All Activities view Be provided valuable tips and tricks Understand how to access STAR Reports Understand how to get STAR help

25. Acuity STAR Intermediate Questions?

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