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title: "👋 Welcome to EsCHER's R-evolution"
subtitle: "Mastering R Package Development for Health Economics workshop"
author: "Eline Krijkamp & Frederick Thielen"
footer: "EsCHER's R-evolution"
date: "04-23-2024"
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## About EsCHER

Erasmus Centre for Health Economics Rotterdam (EsCHER) is:

- part of Erasmus University Rotterdam
- consolidates unique and leading expertise in health economics
- with over 100 health economists and health economic researchers

We thank EsCHER for the funding of this day.

## About us
### Eline Krijkamp
- 2022 - now:  Postdoc researcher <span style="color:purple;">@ESHPM</span> 💻
- 2018 - 2022: PhD student <span style="color:darkblue;">@Erasmus Medical Center</span> 🎓
- 2017 - 2020: Educational innovation team <span style="color:green;">@NIHES</span> 📚🏫
- 2014 - 2016: MSc (res) Health Sciences <span style="color:green;">@NIHES</span> 🎓
- 2013 - 2015: MSc Health Economics Policy and Law <span style="color:purple;">@ESHPM </span>
- 2010 - 2013: BSc Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences <span style="color:lightblue;">@VU University Amsterdam </span> 🎓

## About us
### Frederick Thielen

- 2021 - now: Assistant professor <span style="color:purple;">@ESHPM</span> 🎓
- 2023 - now: Senior researcher <span style="color:red;">@Trimbos</span> 💻
- 2015 - 2020: PhD student <span style="color:purple;">@ESHPM</span> 🎓
- 2013 - 2015: MSc (res) Health Sciences <span style="color:darkblue;">@Maastricht University</span> 🎓
- 2010 - 2013: BSc European Public Health <span style="color:darkblue;">@Maastricht University</span> 🎓
- 2009 - 2009: Nurse <span style="color:green;">@University Medical Center Aachen</span> 🩺

## Why are we here today?

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### Eline
- Miss working with R a lot 
- Ambition to integrate R more on the ESHPM department 
- Keep up with the newest R features 
- Inspire others to work with R

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### Frederick
- Using R daily
- No formal data science education and mostly self-taught
- Want to learn new advanced R-skills
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## Why are *you* here today? 🫵
### Introduce yourself on paper

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1. On a post-it, write down:

    - Your name
    - Your background & current occupation
    - One hobby
    - What you hope to get out of this course

2. Give the post-it to the person next to you

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![](https://c.pxhere.com/photos/7b/e9/post_it_postit_sticky_notes_adhesive_note_note_list-1390248.jpg!d)

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## Why are *they* here today? 👉
### Mix and gossip positively
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3. 📣 Introduce the person next to you to someone else and 🔄 exchange the post-it

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(4. 📣 Introduce the person to the group)


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## 🛜 Course content

Get all course content on **bit.ly/escher-package**

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### Need internet?

- SMS `97eur` to telephone number 06-35250006.
- You will receive a login name and password for the entire day by SMS.

## ☀️ Our day
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| Time          | Title      | Location                |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 | **☕️ Arrival & Coffee**  | Open space on the 7^th^ floor           |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | **👋 Welcome & Introduction**      |  J7-55           |
| 10:30 - 11:45 | **🎤 Keynote by [Gianluca Baio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianluca-baio-b893879/?originalSubdomain=uk)** |  J7-55           |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | **🥗 Lunch** |  Open space on the 7^th^ floor           |
| 12:30 - 14:45 | **💻 Coding exercise: build your own package** |  J7-43, J7-45, J7-47       |
| 14:45 - 16:00 | **🧊 Drinks** |  Open space on the 7^th^ floor           |
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#  🎤 Keynote by Gianluca
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## Link

[Presentation](https://giabaio.github.io/erasmus)


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# 🥗 Lunch
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# 💻 Coding exercise: build your own package
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## Step-by-step guide

1. 💻 Create a new package with your group <br> (12:30 - 13:30)

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2. 📣 Make your package publicly available through GitHub <br> (13:30 - 14:00)

3. ⬇️ Download & install a package from another group to test it <br> (14:00 - 14:30)

4. 📝 Write a short review on the package you tested <br> (14:30 - 14:45)
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## Part 1

### 12:30 - 13:30 

Create a new package with your group:

- decide on a package name
- select or write at least one dataset and one function you want to include
- make sure to document everything properly

## Part 2
### 13:30 - 14:00
Share your package with the world:

- upload your package to GitHub 
- add the GitHub link to the overview on OneDrive 
- make sure to include a README file

If you don't use GitHub, you can save your package in the OneDrive folder

## Part 3
### 14:00 - 14:30
Download and install a package from another group: see schedulde in OneDrive

- test the package
- does the documentation make sense?

## Part 4
### 14:30 - 14:45
Write a short review on the package you tested:

- what did you like?
- what could be improved?

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# 🏁 Closing

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## Outlook

This one-day workshop gave jsut a brief introduction to the world of R and package development.
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There is much more out there, especially for HTA researchers!
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![](images/publication_package.png)
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## Be part of a larger R community


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- [R for HTA](https://r-hta.org) and its yearly conference!
- [DARTH workgroup](http://darthworkgroup.com)
- [Dark peak analytics](https://darkpeakanalytics.com)

- Many books about R
- ESHPM R journal club

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# 🤔 Questions
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