Evaluating a novel approach to stimulate open science collaborations: a case series of study-a-thon events within the OHDSI and European IMI communities. Hughes, N., Rijnbeek, P. R., van Bochove, K., Duarte-Salles, T., Steinbeisser, C., Vizcaya, D., Prieto-Alhambra, D., & Ryan, P. JAMIA Open, 5(4):ooac100, 2022. 2574-2531 Hughes, N Orcid: 0000-0002-1168-0537 Rijnbeek, P R van Bochove, K Duarte-Salles, T Orcid: 0000-0002-8274-0357 Steinbeisser, C Vizcaya, D Prieto-Alhambra, D Ryan, P Journal Article United States 2022/11/22 JAMIA Open. 2022 Nov 17;5(4):ooac100. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac100. eCollection 2022 Dec.
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OBJECTIVE: We introduce and review the concept of a study-a-thon as a catalyst for open science in medicine, utilizing harmonized real world, observation health data, tools, skills, and methods to conduct network studies, generating insights for those wishing to use study-a-thons for future research. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A series of historical study-a-thons since 2017 to present were reviewed for thematic insights as to the opportunity to accelerate the research method to conduct studies across therapeutic areas. Review of publications and experience of the authors generated insights to illustrate the conduct of study-a-thons, key learning, and direction for those wishing to conduct future such study-a-thons. RESULTS: A review of six study-a-thons have provided insights into their scientific impact, and 13 areas of insights for those wishing to conduct future study-a-thons. Defining aspects of the study-a-thon method for rapid, collaborative research through network studies reinforce the need to clear scientific rationale, tools, skills, and methods being collaboratively to conduct a focused study. Well-characterized preparatory, execution and postevent phases, coalescing skills, experience, data, clinical input (ensuring representative clinical context to the research query), and well-defined, logical steps in conducting research via the study-a-thon method are critical. CONCLUSIONS: A study-a-thon is a focused multiday research event generating reliable evidence on a specific medical topic across different countries and health systems. In a study-a-thon, a multidisciplinary team collaborate to create an accelerated contribution to scientific evidence and clinical practice. It critically accelerates the research process, without inhibiting the quality of the research output and evidence generation, through a reproducible process.
@article{RN327,
   author = {Hughes, N. and Rijnbeek, P. R. and van Bochove, K. and Duarte-Salles, T. and Steinbeisser, C. and Vizcaya, D. and Prieto-Alhambra, D. and Ryan, P.},
   title = {Evaluating a novel approach to stimulate open science collaborations: a case series of study-a-thon events within the OHDSI and European IMI communities},
   journal = {JAMIA Open},
   volume = {5},
   number = {4},
   pages = {ooac100},
   note = {2574-2531 Hughes, N Orcid: 0000-0002-1168-0537 Rijnbeek, P R van Bochove, K Duarte-Salles, T Orcid: 0000-0002-8274-0357 Steinbeisser, C Vizcaya, D Prieto-Alhambra, D Ryan, P Journal Article United States 2022/11/22 JAMIA Open. 2022 Nov 17;5(4):ooac100. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac100. eCollection 2022 Dec.},
   abstract = {OBJECTIVE: We introduce and review the concept of a study-a-thon as a catalyst for open science in medicine, utilizing harmonized real world, observation health data, tools, skills, and methods to conduct network studies, generating insights for those wishing to use study-a-thons for future research. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A series of historical study-a-thons since 2017 to present were reviewed for thematic insights as to the opportunity to accelerate the research method to conduct studies across therapeutic areas. Review of publications and experience of the authors generated insights to illustrate the conduct of study-a-thons, key learning, and direction for those wishing to conduct future such study-a-thons. RESULTS: A review of six study-a-thons have provided insights into their scientific impact, and 13 areas of insights for those wishing to conduct future study-a-thons. Defining aspects of the study-a-thon method for rapid, collaborative research through network studies reinforce the need to clear scientific rationale, tools, skills, and methods being collaboratively to conduct a focused study. Well-characterized preparatory, execution and postevent phases, coalescing skills, experience, data, clinical input (ensuring representative clinical context to the research query), and well-defined, logical steps in conducting research via the study-a-thon method are critical. CONCLUSIONS: A study-a-thon is a focused multiday research event generating reliable evidence on a specific medical topic across different countries and health systems. In a study-a-thon, a multidisciplinary team collaborate to create an accelerated contribution to scientific evidence and clinical practice. It critically accelerates the research process, without inhibiting the quality of the research output and evidence generation, through a reproducible process.},
   keywords = {clinical research
data sciences
epidemiology
observational research
research process ,
ISSN = 2574-2531 ,
DOI = 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac100},
   year = {2022},
   type = {Journal Article}
}

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