title: The OMERACT First-time Participant ("Newbie") Program: Initial Assessment and Lessons Learned.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the experience of a first-time participant ("newbie") training program at the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology 12 meeting in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted newbie sessions at OMERACT 12, including a 2-hour introductory session on Day 1, followed by 1-h evening followup sessions on days 1-4 of OMERACT 12. Pre- and postmeeting surveys assessed participants' level of comfort with the principles of the OMERACT Filters 1.0 (truth, discrimination, feasibility), and Filter 2.0 (the essential tools for OMERACT methodology), the different types of OMERACT sessions, and whether participants felt welcome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all, 25 new attendees participated in the introductory session and 10-16 attended followup sessions. Fewer participants reported being somewhat or extremely uncomfortable with the meeting, comparing Day 1 (preintroductory session) to days 1-4 (post): (1) with different OMERACT sessions: 56% (pre) versus 6%, 0%, 8%, and 6% (post days 1-4, respectively); and (2) with principles of the OMERACT filter, 64% (pre) versus 7%, 0%, 8%, and 0% (post), respectively. Most reported feeling welcome (100%) and that they were able to contribute substantively to breakout sessions (87%) on Day 1 evening; results were sustained on days 2-4.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  First-time participant training sessions increased the comfort level of the participants with the OMERACT meeting structure and filter, and increased the ability of the new attendees to feel they could contribute to the OMERACT process.
authors.affiliation: From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; UCB Biosciences Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; OMERACT, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.|V.S. Sloan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and UCB Biosciences Inc.; S. Grosskleg, MS, Secretariat, OMERACT, University of Ottawa; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; G.A. Wells, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Victor S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.affiliation: From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; UCB Biosciences Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; OMERACT, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.|V.S. Sloan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and UCB Biosciences Inc.; S. Grosskleg, MS, Secretariat, OMERACT, University of Ottawa; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; G.A. Wells, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Shawna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grosskleg
authors.affiliation: From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; UCB Biosciences Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; OMERACT, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.|V.S. Sloan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and UCB Biosciences Inc.; S. Grosskleg, MS, Secretariat, OMERACT, University of Ottawa; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; G.A. Wells, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.affiliation: From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; UCB Biosciences Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; OMERACT, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.|V.S. Sloan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and UCB Biosciences Inc.; S. Grosskleg, MS, Secretariat, OMERACT, University of Ottawa; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; G.A. Wells, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.affiliation: From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; UCB Biosciences Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; OMERACT, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Jasvinder.md@gmail.com.|V.S. Sloan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and UCB Biosciences Inc.; S. Grosskleg, MS, Secretariat, OMERACT, University of Ottawa; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; G.A. Wells, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Jasvinder.md@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jasvinder A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: FILTER; OMERACT; OUTCOME MEASURES; PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE; TRAINING SESSION