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Triggering REDCap Scale Invites

What this page tells you

The Friday before surgical conference, add a REDCap record per presented patient (fellow/attending, patient name/MRN, conference date) and mark the prep_epileptologists and prep_post instruments Complete; this schedules the pre-conference (Tuesday 8am) and post-conference (Thursday 4pm) scale emails. Verify in the Survey Invitation Log.

Overall setup-

  • Cat, Gabby, or Mariam will trigger the pre- and post-conference scale invites on the Friday the week before surgical conference

    • The pre-conference scale is set to be automatically sent on the Tuesday the week of surgical conference @8am
      • Until the clinicians complete the scale, they will receive reminders Wednesday/Thursday @8am
    • The post-conference scale is set to be automatically sent on day of surgical conference (Thursday) @4pm
      * Unless the clinicians complete the scale, they will receive an additional reminder Friday @12pm

Friday

Pre-Conference Scale Information-

  • Gabby sends out who will be presenting at Thursday surgical conference on the prior week's Friday
  • Information needed for trigger: patient, patient's MRN, fellow, attending, date of surgical conference

Pre-conference scales (repeat steps for each patient being presented)-

REDCap Project: Quantitative MRI for Epilepsy Surgical Planning (Epilepsy)

        • choose 'add/edit records' under data collection on the left of the REDCap screen
          * choose '+ Add new record'
          * go into the 'prep_epileptologists' instrument by clicking the white circle
      1. Fellow Epileptologist Information + Attending Epileptologist Information
        * enter in full first/last name and then email

REDCap new record 13 entry form, epileptologist info fields empty

1. 1. **Radiologist #1 Information and Radiologist #2 Information**
        *   pre-filled, no action required

*add screenshot once finalized*

1. 1. **Patient's Information**
        *   enter patient's full first name
        *   enter patient's full last name
        *   enter patient's MRN
        *   Mariam can check 'CNT Surgical Repository' project (can be done at a later time if needed)- not sure you all have access to ALL patients in this project

REDCap Online Designer showing patient name/MRN field definitions, empty

1. 1. **Surgical Conference Date**
        *   enter the date of Thursday's surgical conference

1. 1. **Triggering Pre-Conference Scale Invites**
        *   At the bottom of the instrument, select 'Complete' in the dropdown, then click 'Save & Exit Form.'
        *   This is required for REDCap to email the scale invites

1. 1. **Triggering Post-Conference Scale Invites**
        *   Go to the 'prep\_post' instrument
            *   all the fields are embedded from the pre-conference scale instrument so no need to fill anything out
        *   At the bottom of the instrument, select 'Complete' in the dropdown, then click 'Save & Exit Form.'
        *   This is required for REDCap to email the scale invites Thursday @4pm

ALL DONE! 🙀

Survey Checks

  • To check if the surveys are being sent as scheduled, go into the RID#
  • Choose 'Choose action for record'
  • Choose 'Survey Invitation Log'
  • Now you can view future notifications and when they will be sent
  • You can also choose 'View past invitations' at the trop left next to 'Survey Invitation Log' to see what has already been sent