RDC News: April 2023
Saturday hours and holiday closures for April, researcher congrats and kudos, and registration opened for the 2023 RDC Showcase!
Mar 28, 2023
Holiday Closures
This month we will have the following changes to our usual operating hours:
- Closed all day on Good Friday - Friday April 7th.
- Closed all day on Easter Monday - Monday April 10th.
Saturday Hours - On Demand
We will be offering on-demand Saturday hours this month. We will be open on an 'appointment' basis, only if requested. Please sign up via the online booking system as usual.
Offered dates for Saturday hours this month are:
- Saturday, April 22nd - 12pm to 4pm
Register now for the RDC Showcase!
The McMaster RDC will be holding its third 'Showcase' on Wednesday May 10th (10AM to 3PM) in the Community Room (main floor) of L.R. Wilson Hall.
The morning session will describe the RDC and its partnership with Data Services in the Mills Library. It will also consist of brief presentations on GIS applications, tips and strategies for the effective use of data, informing patient care in the pediatric setting, and the exciting potential of education data from the Toronto District School Board.
After a free catered lunch, the afternoon session will consist of 4-5 researcher presentations highlighting the type of work that is being conducted in the Centre. Watch for a formal call for researchers to present in the afternoon portion to come via email soon.
You can register to attend via our Eventbrite page at THIS LINK.
Please contact Peter (rdc@mcmaster.ca) if you have any questions.
Congrats & Kudos
There have been more publications recently using RDC data. Congrats to the following researchers, the citations and links to the papers are here:
- Physician workforce planning in Canada: the importance of accounting for population aging and changing physician hours of work by Rabiul Islam, Boris Kralj, and Arthur Sweetman. CMAJ 195.9 (2023): E335-E340. ==> using monthly Labour Force Survey microdata
- Health Utilities Index Mark 3 scores for children and youth: Population norms for Canada based on cycles 5 (2016 and 2017) and 6 (2018 and 2019) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey by Mariana Molina, Brittany Humphries, Jason R. Guertin, David Feeny, and Jean-Eric Tarride. Health Reports 34.2 (2023): 29-39. ==> using the Canadian Health Measures Survey