The Department of Family Medicine has selected a number of training modules,
video courses, and references to be available to anyone interested in learning.
Some of these modules are published by other companies or departments, and some
are developed in-house. These modules are intended to help staff and faculty
increase their technical skills and work more efficiently and effectively.
Computer Basics
Backup Your Computer
Published by Microsoft. A how-to article that shows you how to use Windows XP's backup utility to back up your files. All users should back up their files on a regular basis.
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Burn a CD in Windows XP
Published by Microsoft. This article describes the functionality of the CD recorder feature. When you use Windows XP, you can write data to a CD-R, or write and rewrite data to a CD-RW. In addition, you can erase data from a CD-RW, but not from a CD-R. Includes video of process.
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Guide to Scanning Photographs
Published by Help2Go. Seems like everyone has a scanner these days. Scanner prices have dropped to as low as $50, making them affordable for almost everyone with a PC. Yet, they're not the easiest things to use. How can you scan in that image of your child so you can e-mail it to friends and family all over the world? We'll show you how in this handy tutorial.
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Introduction to Office 2007
By Julia Essex. This is the guide that accompanies the traning sessions on Office 2007 that we conducted in October, 2007. This guide includes introductions to new and changed features of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
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Schedule Your Backup
Exerpt provided by Sams Publishing. Use this introduction to Windows XP's Task Scheduling Utility to automatically open the Windows Backup Wizard at regular intervals. This will help to remind you when it's time to run a back up. See our other training module, "Backup Your Computer", for how to use the Backup Utility.
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Database Fundamentals
Databases from scratch I - Introduction
Published by Rose Vines at GeekGirl. The first in a series of articles on choosing, designing and using a database program.
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Databases from scratch II - Simple Database Design
Published by Rose Vines at GeekGirl. The second in a series of articles on choosing, designing and using a database program.
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Databases from scratch III - The Design Process
Published by Rose Vines at GeekGirl. This third article in the series delves into the database heartland by exploring relational database design.
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Databasics I - Records and queries and keys
Published by Rose Vines at GeekGirl. A nice, slow approach to learning databases. Learn the lingo, start with simple stuff, and eventually take on something a little more challenging.
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Kroenke book - The Relational Model
From the Prentice Hall companion website to David Kroenke's book, Database Concepts 2nd Ed. Concepts: Learn the conceptual foundation of the relational model, Understand how relations differ from non-relational tables, Learn basic relational terminology, Learn the meaning and importance of keys, foreign keys, and related terminology, Understand how foreign keys represent relationships, Learn the purpose and use of surrogate keys, Learn the meaning of functional dependencies, Learn to apply a process for normalizing relations
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EndNote
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Family Medicine tools
Faculty Evaluation System User Manual
Published by the Department of Family Medicine, UTMB. User manual for the Online Faculty Evaluation System. Includes introduction, step-by-step instructions with images and video demonstrations.
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Find faculty provider numbers
To find UTMB provider numbers, follow link to iUTMB (the UTMB intranet homepage). Scroll down to the Clinical links on the left side of the page. Locate "Clinics Ed/Training" and click on it. On the next page, click on "Helpful Information". Under the OSA section, find "Provider Master". This Excel spreadsheet lists all provider numbers for all UTMB providers.
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Kronos Time Capture
Kronos Time Capture
Published by the Dept. of Family Medicine, written by Julia Essex. A how-to manual and guide to UTMB and Family Medicine policies regarding the use of the Kronos Time Capture system.
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Microsoft Access
Forms follow function
Published by Microsoft Corp. Make data entry and data viewing easier and safer with Microsoft® Access forms designed and customized for user convenience.
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Get to know Access
Published by Microsoft Corp. Learn about the structure and benefits of a Microsoft® Access database, and become familiar with ways to get data into and out of one.
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Queries I - Get answers with queries
Published by Microsoft Corp. Find out how Microsoft Access queries enable you to answer questions and perform tasks with your data. Learn how to create a select query, the most common type of query.
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Queries II - Limit your data and calculate values
Published by Microsoft Corp. Make your Microsoft Access queries more powerful and limit your results by using criteria and performing calculations.
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Queries III - Create parameter queries that prompt users for input
Published by Microsoft Corp. A Microsoft Access parameter query is useful when you perform the same type of query often, but the values that you search for change. If you're familiar with the basic select query, learn how to turn it into a parameter query.
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Queries IV - Working with complex criteria
Published by Microsoft Corp. Limit your Microsoft Access query results by using complex criteria, such as setting two conditions that must be met and using wildcards to retrieve data that matches a pattern.
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Reports I - Show off your data
Published by Microsoft Corp. Reports are a great way to organize and present data from your Microsoft Access database. Reports enable you to format your data in an attractive and informative layout for printing or viewing on screen.
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Table that data
Published by Microsoft Corp. Use Microsoft® Access to design well-structured tables that meet your organization's data needs and are easy to maintain.
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Microsoft Excel
Get to know Excel
Published by Microsoft Corp. Get to know Microsoft® Excel by learning how to perform simple calculations. Get started by learning to enter simple formulas into worksheets.
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Microsoft Outlook
Delegate Access - Let someone else mind your busyness
Published by Microsoft Corp. With the Delegate Access feature in Microsoft® Outlook® you can allow someone else to manage all the functions of your calendar.
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File or archive your e-mail on your own computer
Published by Microsoft Corp. Learn the different Microsoft® Outlook® methods for storing e-mail on your own computer. Understand their benefits so that you can make an educated decision about which method will work best for you.
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Get to know your Outlook Calendar
Published by Microsoft Corp. Know the basic types of Outlook Calendar entries, book activities into your calendar efficiently, and stay on top of important dates with more advanced features such as recurrence and reminders.
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Great Outlook features to organize your Inbox
Published by Microsoft Corp. Tame the chaos of your Inbox: Learn about five features in Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 that will help you find and use the messages you've decided to keep there.
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Manage the size of your mailbox
Published by Microsoft Corp. Battle mailbox size by learning how to manage your Microsoft® Outlook® mailbox and keep it within a specific size limitation.
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Organize meetings with Outlook
Published by Microsoft Corp. Learn how to set up meetings and be an effective and considerate attendee when someone has invited you to a meeting. Handle all aspects of Outlook meetings with finesse, no matter how many times the affair is rescheduled.
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See and share multiple calendars
Published by Microsoft Corp. Want a tidier schedule? Learn how to create multiple calendars and view them side by side, using Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003. Stay aware of other people's schedules by sharing calendars and viewing them side by side with your own.
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Microsoft PowerPoint
Create your first presentation
Published by Microsoft Corp. Learn what you need to know to put together a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation quickly and with little fuss.
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Great PowerPoint features
Published by Microsoft Corp. Pick up tricks in four areas, including the new Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 feature that lets you package presentations to a CD. Tips on templates, the title master slide, and picture optimization round out the course.
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Playing movies in PowerPoint
Published by Microsoft Corp. Play movies in Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003 and control how they start and how long they play. As an extra, create buttons to run them.
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PowerPoint Animations I
Published by Microsoft. Make text and pictures fly in, bounce, and zoom out using the animation features in Microsoft® PowerPoint®. Apply preset animation schemes, and use custom animation to modify them or create animation sequences of your own.
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Microsoft Word
Create footnotes and endnotes
Published by Microsoft Corp. Learn how to add footnotes and endnotes to Microsoft Word documents. Also learn how to convert footnotes to endnotes and vice versa, move or copy notes, delete notes, and customize the number format for the note reference marks.
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Use mail merge for mass mailings and more
Published by Microsoft Corp. Learn how to use mail merge in Microsoft Office Word to produce envelopes and labels for mass mailings. Then explore how to go beyond the basics to create personalized form letters or e-mail messages, numbered coupons, and more.
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Preparing Manuscripts, Posters, and Presentations
Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Biomedical Journal
Published in the ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. Editors and reviewers spend many hours reading manuscripts, and therefore appreciate receiving with manuscripts that are easy to read and edit. Much of the information in journals’ instructions to authors is designed to accomplish that goal in ways that meet each journal’s particular editorial needs. The guidance that follows provides a general background and rationale for preparing manuscripts for any journal.
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