Build Your Capacity (BYC) Curriculum – Karmanos Cancer Institute – Office of Cancer Health Equity & Community Engagement (OCHECE)

Download our adaptation of the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) curriculum, “Building Your Capacity (BYC): Advancing Research through Community Engagement.”

Module 1: Introduction to Research and Evalulation

Module 1 Facilitator’s Guide Module-1-Facilitator-Guide.pdf (5 downloads)
Module 1 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-1-Intro-to-Research-and-Eval.pptx (5 downloads)
Module 1 Handout 1: Cancer Care Continuum Module-1-Cancer-Care-Continuum.pdf (6 downloads)
Module 1 Handout 2: Cancer Care Continuum Terms & Definitions

Module 2: Research and Community-Academic Partnerships, Power, and Politics

Module 2 Facilitator’s Guide Module-2-Facilitator-Guide-1.pdf (6 downloads)
Module 2 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-2-Research-Power-Politics.pptx (5 downloads)
Module 2 Handout 1: CBPR Principles Module-2-CBPR-Principles-1.pdf (4 downloads)

Module 3: Developing Research Questions

Module 3 Facilitator’s Guide Module-3-Facilitator-Guide-1.pdf (5 downloads)
Module 3 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-3-Developing-Research-Questions.pptx (3 downloads)
Module 3 Handout 1: Steps for Developing and Refining Research Questions Module-3-Steps-for-Developing-and-Refining-Research-Questions-1.pdf (3 downloads)
Module 3 Handout 2: Concept Mapping Blank Worksheet Module-3-Concept-Mapping-Blank-Worksheet-1.pdf (2 downloads)

Module 4: Literature Review

Module 4 Facilitator’s Guide Module-4-Facilitator-Guide-1.pdf (5 downloads)
Module 4 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-4-Literature-Review.pptx (2 downloads)

Module 5: Research Design

Module 5 Facilitator’s Guide Module-5-Facilitator-Guide.docx (3 downloads)
Module 5 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-5-Research-Design.pptx (3 downloads)
Module 5 Handout 1: Communicating Science to the Public

Module 6: Reseach Ethics and Insitutional Review Boards

Module 6 Facilitator’s Guide Module-6-Facilitator-Guide.pdf (3 downloads)
Module 6 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-6-Reserach-Ethics-IRB.pptx (3 downloads)
Module 6 Handout 1: Group Discussion of “Miss Evers’ Boys” Module-6-Group-Discussion-of-Miss-Evers-Boys.pdf (16 downloads)

Module 7: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

Module 7 Facilitator’s Guide Module-7-Facilitator-Guide.pdf (3 downloads)
Module 7 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-7-Quantitaive-Qualitative-Reserach-Methods.pptx (2 downloads)

Module 8: Grant Writing

Module 8 Facilitator’s Guide Module-8-Facilitator-Guide.pdf (2 downloads)
Module 8 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-8-Grant-Writing.pptx (2 downloads)

Module 9: Policy and Advocacy

Module 9 Facilitator’s Guide Module-9-Facilitator-Guide.pdf (5 downloads)
Module 9 PowerPoint BYC-Adapted-Module-9-Policy-and-Advocacy.pptx (5 downloads)
Module 9 Handout 1: Case Study: Breast Density Module-9-Case-Study-Breast-Density.pdf (4 downloads)