Pharmacometrics Study Groups

Welcome to International Society of Pharmacometrics's Study Group project! From here, we'll set you up with everything you need to get involved in this new exciting study group.

Wait What's a 'Pharmacometrics Study Group'?

Pharmacometrics Study Groups are fun, informal meetups of your friends and colleagues from around your local institution or town to share skills, stories and ideas on using code for research. The goal is to create a friendly, no-pressure environment where people can share their work, ask for help on a coding problem or learn new concepts or discuss new advances in our field, and learn and work together with their peers.

For Participants

Welcome to our Pharmacometrics Study Group! A few things to do & know now that you're here:

• Watch this repo: up in the top right, there's a button that says 'Watch'; click it, and set yourself to 'Watching'. This will send you email notifications of new discussions; if you don't want email, but would like an alert just on GitHub, change the setting in Settings -> Notification Center (Settings is the little cog in the top right).
• Check out the issue tracker: click on 'issues' in the sidebar on the right; this is where all the conversations this study groups is having live. Use this space to ask questions, request events, make suggestions, or just say hi.
• Read the code of conduct: this Study Group is for everyone - we abide by a set of rules that require everyone be treated with respect. Help us make a space where everyone feels welcome, and we'll all have a better time!
• Add yourself to the website: We provided some details below on how to contribute and add yourself to the website. Bring yourself on!

For Organizers

It's Broken, I Need Help

If anything in these instructions doesn't work or doesn't make sense, open an issue here or email Isoplinks@gmail.com.

Check out the Handbook

The instructions below will help you set up the online tools for your Pharmacometrics Study Group - but if you're looking for organization strategies, event plans and lesson ideas, check out the Pharmacometrics Study Group Handbook!

How to Launch a New Event

When you're ready to list a new event for this Study Group, follow these steps, or watch this video where we walk you through event listing.

1. Make a new Issue to describe your event.
   • Click on 'Issues' over on the right sidebar of your repo,
   • click the green 'New Issue' button near the top right.
   • You'll then see a form where you can give your event a title and a description - fill these out with all the relevant information:
     • Where will your event be? Include a link to a map.
     • When will it be? Date and time.
     • Should people do anything to prepare beforehand (install any dependencies, set something up?)
     • Link to the live broadcast
2. Site moderator. A site moderator will convert that issue into an event and broadcast the announcement.

How to Stay in Touch With Your Members

Now that you're all set up, GitHub provides several ways to stay in touch with the people involved in your Study Group.

• Ask users to Watch this repo. Make sure all your users click 'Watch' at the top of your repository. This way, they'll be automatically notified of all the events you post in your issue tracker.
• Use the Issue Tracker. The Issue Tracker is your public message board to make announcements, ask questions and start conversations with your members. You can find it at https://github.com/isop-phmx/studyGroup/issues.
• Use the ISoP Discussion Forum to chat with study groups worldwide. Find the forum here; use this to share your stories, ask questions to the wider community, and find out who's out there.

Feature Your Community in the 'Who We Are' Section

This website includes a gallery of participants in your Study Group; adding people here is a great way to show off your community and highlight your new friends and colleagues. To be add someone to the list, please create an issue and provide the following details below and we will add you to the website.

- name: your human name
  affiliation: school, lab, department, business....
  github: their GitHub handle
  interests:
    - list one to three
    - different interests