General Session Tools and Tips

Practical guidance for OMOP training sessions and day-to-day collaboration at Emory.

Zoom Features for Training Sessions

Breakout Rooms

Breakout rooms are used during training sessions for small-group exercises — working through cohort definitions, reviewing SQL queries, or discussing study designs with peers.

Creating and configuring breakout sessions:

Zoom breakout rooms — creating and configuring breakout sessions

Assigning participants to rooms:

Zoom breakout rooms — assigning participants to rooms

Managing active breakout sessions:

Zoom breakout rooms — managing active breakout sessions

Participant view inside a breakout room:

Zoom breakout rooms — participant view inside a breakout room

Zoom Docs

Zoom Docs can be used for collaborative note-taking during training sessions — capturing questions, sharing SQL snippets, and documenting follow-up items.

Zoom Docs — creating collaborative documents in Zoom

Zoom Docs — sharing and editing documents during a meeting

Tips for Working with OMOP Data

Bookmark these

ATLAS: ohdsi-atlas.emory.edu (VPN required)
ATHENA Vocabulary Browser: athena.ohdsi.org
OHDSI Forums: forums.ohdsi.org — search before asking; most questions have been answered
Book of OHDSI: ohdsi.github.io/TheBookOfOhdsi — comprehensive reference

Getting help

Join the Emory OMOP Teams channel to ask questions, share findings, and connect with other researchers.