Acuity STAR Intermediate

Acuity STAR Acuity STAR Intermediate Level Training Author: Paul Malcomson Last Update: January 2015 Target Audience: Faculty Members and Member Secretaries

Acuity STAR Intermediate Session Goals By the end of today’s session you should: 1. Know how to access STAR from anywhere 2. Gain knowledge of the STAR Portals’ additional resources 3. Have a good understanding of where basic Activities go 4. Have a working knowledge of the STAR Data Grid 5. Be provided a walkthrough of the All Activities View menu 6. Know some helpful tips and tricks for using STAR 7. Understand how to generate STAR Reports 8. Be able to find 2 levels of online help within STAR 9. Gain basic understanding of the SSMD Professional CV view 10. Know who to contact for help with STAR

Acuity STAR Intermediate Overview 1. About STAR 2. Schulich STAR Portal site 3. STAR Application site 4. All Activities View – what are views? – One database regardless 5. Navigation Tips and Tricks 6. Data Entry Wizard 7. Database Audit 8. Reports 9. SSMD Professional CV View & Common CV View 10. Support and Help

Acuity STAR Intermediate About STAR STAR is an acronym for “Staff Tracking & Activity Reporting” and used to capture and report on Clinical Faculty career activities Custom developed Web based application Secure application that applies role based security to allow you to see and modify only the data you have permissions to edit Input information once and report on it infinitely The Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry guideline is to update your STAR database at least once per month

Acuity STAR Intermediate Logging Into STAR Google UWO STAR 2.Install Firefox if it is not already on your computer. 3.Add these two sites to your bookmark toolbar 4.Disable Pop-Up Blocker for the STAR application 5.Check with your Coordinator if you need a password 6.Demo

Acuity STAR Intermediate

Demo: Portal / STAR / All Activities View Acuity STAR Intermediate

Data Entry Wizard

Acuity STAR Intermediate Data Entry Wizard

Acuity STAR Intermediate Database Audit

Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks If the Buttons disappear in the Data Grid: – Check to see if the double scrollbars are offset If you enter a record and do not see it in the data grid: – Check to see if you have data filters set prohibiting you from seeing all data records. NLM standards for Publication information – Use PubMed ID and ‘GO’ button – Publication specific citation fields

Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks Sorting the Data Grid by Last Modified Date Quickly locate most recently edited records Down arrow sorts descending

Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks What Dates to Enter: – If the event happened on a single day - put the same date into both Start Date and End Date fields. – If the event happened several times during the year – put academic year start and end dates in STAR (July 1 – June 30). – Use ‘Copy Start Date’ button to simplify dates

Acuity STAR Intermediate Tips & Tricks Three SSMD Sample reports available – SSMD Professional CV, Promotion CV, and Teaching Dossier – Shows exactly where in STAR the data comes from User guide, data entry guide Monthly update form – Helps log and capture required entries or changes – Allows you to accumulate changes Available from your Coordinator or from

Acuity STAR Intermediate Acuity STAR Reports and Alternate Views Acuity STAR Intermediate

STAR Reports Bio Sketch Department of Psychiatry MBR Faculty Assessment Summary (D.O.M. only) SSMD Professional CV SSMD Promotion CV SSMD Teaching Dossier

Acuity STAR Intermediate SSMD Professional CV View Walk through the SSMD Professional CV Follows the flow of a printed CV including how topics are grouped together Useful to quickly locate a specific activity or data point

Acuity STAR Intermediate Common CV View Ability to validate STAR data and export to.xml.xml can be uploaded to Common CV (CCV) Uploading to CCV will replace all CCV data! Click Edit Data to correct the activity based on the information given.

Acuity STAR Intermediate STAR Support Acuity STAR Intermediate

STAR Support Help buttons for specific data questions Online reference material is on the portal STAR Coordinators across all departments Escalate problems through to STAR support Staged releases of enhancements – 5.12 in October 2014, 5.13 in January 2015

Acuity STAR Intermediate Wrap Up Have the goals for today been met? Do you know how to access STAR from anywhere? Were you provided with a walkthrough of the All Activities View menu? Have you been shown helpful tips and tricks for using STAR? Do you now have a good understanding of where basic activities go? Do you have a working knowledge of the STAR Data Grid? Do you know how to generate the STAR Reports? Can you find 2 levels of online help within STAR? Were you shown where to find additional resources on the Portal? Do you have a basic understanding of the SSMD Professional CV view? Do you know who to contact for help with STAR? Other Questions?

Acuity STAR Intermediate