Schedule
| Start |
Topic
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| 09:30 |
Introduction and chat
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Show-off session: short project presentations
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| 09:40 |
Functions from Posit Academy (Sophie Mackintosh) |
Between Excel and R - preparing data for safe haven transfer (Alupha Chan) |
| 10:00 |
Data sharing with pins (Catriona Scott) |
QI data storytelling (Emily Waite, Daniel Gunn, Penny Fairbairn) |
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Theme discussions
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| 10:20 |
"high demand for support from the users, far more than I expected" (Sarah Downie) |
"if it doesn't help your prospects then what's the point of it" - professional registration as somewhere between pointless money-pit and vital route to becoming a proper career (Carla Dempster and Sophie Mackintosh) |
| 11:00 |
Break
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Theme discussions
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| 11:20-12:00 |
"some sort of lessons learned from setting up new tech" - what have we learned about new tech, what do we wish we'd known beforehand, and what information should we (have) capture(d) (Julian Augley and Zena Trendell) |
"Theme discussion: "we have access to an Aston Martin and we are using it for the school run" - making the case for what we already have, making the case for exploiting available capabilities, realising benefits, and overcoming resistance to change (Katy Mccalister, Brian Orpin, George Maldonado) |
| 12:00 |
"what do you want out of the network during 2025": KIND network direction of travel
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| 12:40 |
Lunch
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Theme discussions
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| 13:20 |
"you said X first, and that suits, so we'll stick with X" - doing things fast vs doing them right, and communicating the difference to colleagues/stakeholders etc (Sophie Mackintosh and Catriona Scott) |
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Show-off session: short project presentations
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| 14:00 |
R project templates for the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit Data Team (Stephen Mcgill) |
From Excel/Word reporting, to R Markdown (Keir Robertson) |
| 14:20 |
Free for last-minute presentations
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Theme discussions
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| 14:40 |
Theme discussion: “'we weren’t trained' and 'we’re not interested.'” (Brendan Clarke) |
| 15:20 |
Wrap-up: free chat, ambitions, scheming, and complaints
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| 15:40ish |
Finish
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Theme discussions
We’ll be running short discussion sessions on the following topics:
“some sort of lessons learned from setting up new tech” - what have we learned about new tech, what do we wish we’d known beforehand, and what information should we (have) capture(d)
“we have access to an Aston Martin and we are using it for the school run” - making the case for what we already have, making the case for exploiting available capabilities, realising benefits, and overcoming resistance to change
“high demand for support from the users, far more than I expected” - knowledge sharing, dealing with support and training needs, keeping yourself/everyone else current, and trying to think sensibly about different needs and different ways of supporting those needs
“proceeding until apprehended” - some people seek permission, others forgiveness. Balancing getting things done with professional obligations in a climate of murky guidance
“you said X first, and that suits, so we’ll stick with X” - doing things fast vs doing them right, and communicating the difference to colleagues/stakeholders etc
“‘we weren’t trained’ and ‘we’re not interested.’” skills mapping, writing JDs to suit actual needs, and developing some understanding of how skills and careers can be better fitted together
“if it doesn’t help your prospects then what’s the point of it” - professional registration as somewhere between pointless money-pit and vital route to becoming a proper career?
