About this Course
- 0.1 Available course formats
1 Introduction
What is Data Sharing?
2 Data Sharing is Important
Effective Data Management
3 Defining reproducibility
4 Data Privacy
5 Creating Clear Documentation
6 Why Documentation is Worth the Time
- 6.1 The context of documentation in research
- 6.2 Why documentation is worth the time
7 Discussion on Benefits of Data Management and Sharing
- 7.1 Discussion
8 Why is there an NIH DMS policy?
Data sharing Expectations
9 Elements of the DMS Plan
- 9.1 Overall Takeaways
10 Organizing your project
11 Record keeping practices
12 Guidelines for Good Metadata
- 12.1 What are metadata?
- 12.2 How to create metadata?
  - 12.2.1 The goals in creating your metadata:
13 Data Storage and Data Repositories
14 Health care data sharing tools
- 14.0.1 REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)
About the Authors
15 References

Proactive Data Management and Sharing

Chapter 7 Discussion on Benefits of Data Management and Sharing

7.1 Discussion

Please see below for a self-directed reflection.

Before beginning this course, you may not have thought much about data management and data sharing as it relates to your project. If you are or have written a grant proposal, you understand that writing grants takes time and can be a lot of work. Before this course, you may have thought that adding an additional plan to your proposal is just more paperwork.

With what you have learned so far in this course, . If applicable,consider some ways that sharing your data and managing it effectively might benefit you, your fellow cancer researchers, and the public in the long term.

All illustrations CC-BY.
All other materials CC-BY unless noted otherwise.