Marshfield Clinic Research Institute's Office of Research Computing and Analytics (ORCA) hosted REDCap Day on June 25, a day-long in-house conference dedicated to the premier online survey and data base tool for the research community.

REDCap is a powerful digital survey and database tool used by millions of people worldwide to manage research studies and operations. REDCap uses a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data, it is specifically geared to support online or offline data capture for research studies and operations.

Eleven presentations featuring Research Institute staff and scientists educated about 60 participants, who appeared live in the Froehlke Auditorium or virtually, including participants from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other REDCap community guests. Presentations highlighted the capabilities and uses of REDCap in many intriguing and insightful ways. Topics included using REDCap for automating trauma research, identifying potential study participants, importance of using alerts and notifications, building cohorts, and many others.

“This was our second REDCap Day we’ve hosted, and we’ve found it’s a great way to share comprehensive methods for using REDCap and provide updates on how it benefits our research,” said Leila Deering, application analyst specialist, and coordinator of the event. “This was a great opportunity to bring our teams together and strengthen our research collaborations with others in the REDCap community.”  

Presenters included REDCap Community members from South Africa, Alex Linz, Ph.D.; Heather Rhodes, Ph.D.; Anna Schotthoefer, Ph.D.; Kaela Churchill, Kayla Hanson, and ORCA staff members Deering, Eric DeJarlais, Rachel Gabor, Chris Kadolph and Steff Roush.