1. Meeting with an Expert Class 17

2. Agenda 3:00-3:05 Announcements 3:05-3:25 Meeting with an Expert 3:25-3:50 Final Project Group Meetings

3. Announcements Friday’s class –Laptops Grad presentations Long shot –Windows CE Thread.Sleep… If PDA is inactive, it doesn’t work Is there a service?

4. Where are we? Topics in Medical Informatics Techniques for MI Research Synthesis Paper Final Project Performance Support Systems Assistive Technology Emergency Response Medical Records (HER,PHR) Information Systems & Standards Stationary Ubiquitous Interdisc. Research Ethics (IRB) Interviewing Prototyping Data Analysis Ethnography

5. How to find an expert to work with?

6. Dry calling/emailing Introduce yourself Your interests How your interests relate to their interests (Make it personal) How to contact you for further meetings Networking Go to a medical conference/workshop/meeting Use your technical contacts for ideas Meeting through your own community Ask medical professionals you go to for ideas Listen to people and their gripes about your areas of interest

7. What should you prep for when going into a meeting with an expert?

8. Know about the expert Their interests Recent papers Recent grants Know where you are going Don’t be late! Be prepared! Bring a portfolio/recent papers Presentation with handouts about your research interests Don’t assume they know what you know - you will have to define terms Answer the questions you know … don’t bluff anything Ask questions

9. Be Prepared! What would you ask?

10. Please tell me more about this area. What are the main goals you are trying to address with this? Who would use this? Where would they use it? How often is this used?

11. Be Prepared! What would you recommend?

12. Font Size Check area size What blocks are most important? Are there any med conflicts here? Are these metrics/labs within range?

13. How to market yourself (and get your research goals across) Common Misperception You are a programmer Programming is research enough… You don’t have to meet with the target population What you have to get across Yes, you do program… You do research You cannot create efficient/useful/pleasing applications without talking to the target population How do you get this across? What do you need to know from them?

14. Evaluate how technology affects medical interventions Design systems for underserved populations Evaluate technologies in the users’ natural settings Mobile Devices Mobile phones PDAs Touch screen Technology Tablets Some web applications Technology

18. Looking forward This week Friday: Portfolio Final Project Topic Report due Friday, October 10 Next week Synthesis paper presentations Synthesis paper due Friday, October 17