TABLE 2.
Overview of the UCSF Visiting Professor Summer Institute
| Activities (No. of Meetings) | Content |
| All summers | |
| Introduction and plan (1) | Introductions and overview of Summer Institute. |
| Computer/housekeeping issues (1) | Essential information on computer setup, office keys, identification cards, etc. |
| Science chat (3-4) | Informal presentations by VPs to share their work and obtain feedback from others. Each VP conducts one science chat each summer. |
| Social lunches (weekly) | Lunch hosted by UCSF faculty to facilitate social connections among participants and with UCSF faculty. |
| Peer review (8-12) | Constructive feedback on documents (e.g., pilot study proposal, RO1 proposal) using internal and external reviewers. |
| Summer 1 | |
| Specific aims seminar (1) | Introduction to specific aims section of grant proposals. Development/refinement of each participant's specific aims. |
| Background literature and significance seminar (1) | Introduction to background and literature sections of proposals. Development/refinement of each participant's background and literature review. |
| Methods seminar (1) | Introduction to methods section of proposals. Development and refinement of each participant's study design and method. |
| Qualitative research (2) | Introduction to qualitative methods as they relate to pilot studies. Review of principles of qualitative data collection and analysis. |
| Pilot study planning seminar (1) | Development of each participant's pilot study. |
| Human subjects issues (2) | Overview of specific human subjects issues in sensitive research. Discuss practical approaches to submitting IRB applications. Provide individualized advice on IRB issues. |
| Budget development (1) | Practical advice on budget development and budget justification for grant proposals. |
| PubMed and Web tutorial (1) | Overview of literature search mechanism available at UCSF. |
| Endnote tutorial (1) | Introductory-level instruction on Endnote. |
| Orientation to CAPS (1) | Overview of CAPS structure, goals, projects, faculty, and staff in order to maximize the summer residence program experience. |
| Summers 2 and 3 | |
| Research planning seminar (3) | Provide individualized development and refinement of research programs. |
| Qualitative analyses (individual meetings) | Provide advice on analyses of pilot study data or other qualitative data. |
Note. VP = visiting professor; UCSF = University of California, San Francisco; IRB = institutional review board; CAPS = Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at UCSF.