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- Data Collection
- Undergraduates signed up for 3 hours of credit must set aside 6 dedicated hours of research on the laboratory Google calendar (FALCON SMNP Lab Scheduler). They must be available to work in the laboratory during these times.
- Either the RA themselves or a graduate student will assign a research participant to these time slots at the beginning of the week. This will be marked on the Google Calendar as "RA NAME_PROTOCOL_PARTICIPANTS PROTOCOL NUMBER (Names of Researchers)."
- RAs will run all scheduled participants during the week.
- The RA must report their progress at the end of the week, including the number of participants they ran, no shows, protocol deviations, and adverse events.
- Recruitment
- Undergraduate RAs will use RedCap to recruit participants: https://redcap.prc.utexas.edu/redcap/index.php?action=myprojects. RAs must contact RedCap administrators to gain access to a RedCap account for the protocol they will be working on.
- Once accessible, RAs will login using their EID and password and click on the protocol they are working on.
- To search for possible subjects, click on "Data Exports, Reports, and Stats." Next, click "View Report" next to "All Data."
- Then, the RA will identify eligible participants (based on the protocol they are following) and contact these participants using the laboratory email account (falconlearninglab@gmail.com or falconlearninglab@utexas.edu).
- Eligible participants will be invited to the laboratory, scheduled during any available RAs times.
- RAs are expected to the laboratory check the lab scheduler daily.
- Lab Meeting
- Undergraduate RAs are expected to attend all lab meetings during semesters they are enrolled in KIN327R.
- Participation at lab meetings is highly encouraged, including reading papers and discussing their thoughts on those papers.
- RAs will also share any new protocol, equipment or safety related information.