Join Us for Free Webinars
You are invited! Webinars are organized by the PHO Education Committee and designed to present a range of topics of interest to the PROMIS community. The sessions always include time for Q&A.
August 13, 2025 (Wednesday), 10 am CT
Getting Started with PROMIS
This session will provide guidance on how to select and access PROMIS measures. PROMIS domains and measure types (including CATs, fixed forms, profiles, and screen-to-CATs) will be discussed and demoed. The session will include navigation of www.healthmeasures.net to access measures and related resources. Bring your questions for Q&A at the end!
Presenters:
Michelle Langer, PhD and Nejma Benzaari, MSPH, Northwestern University, Chicago
Moderator:
Joseph Kucksdorf, PT, DPT, DSc, Emplify Health by Bellin, Green Bay
December 10 (Wednesday), 12 pm CT
PROMIS Preference Score (PROPr) Valuation in the Netherlands - First Results
Presenter:
Benjamin Schalet, PhD, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Netherlands
Past Webinars
Presented June 12, 2025 (Thursday), 10 am CT
Understanding Minimal Important Change (MIC)
This session will cover the concept of minimal important change (MIC) and how to use it. The advantages and disadvantages of existing methods for calculating the MIC will be presented. Plausible MIC values for PROMIS will be discussed, and ample time will be allocated for Q&A.
Presenter:
Caroline Terwee, PhD, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Netherlands
Moderator:
Paul Klapproth, MD, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Presented May 22, 2025 (Thursday), 7 pm CT
Making PROMIS Work: Practical Strategies for Clinical Integration of PROMIS
Panelists:
Kelly Hynes, MD, MS, Washington University, St. Louis
Tiffany Kendig, DPT, MPH, CLT, Select Medical, New York
Joseph Kucksdorf, PT, DPT, DSc, Emplify Health by Bellin, Green Bay
Eric Makhni, MD, MBA, Henry Fort Health, Detroit
Moderator:
Sam Pak, PT, DPT ACHIP, University of California, San Francisco
Learn as panelists share strategies for implementation of PROMIS in their respective healthcare institutions.
Presented April 14, 2025, 10 am CT
Common Metrics vs. Measures: PROMIS Physical Function as an Exemplar
Presenters:
Aaron Kaat, PhD, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois USA
Gregor Liegl, PhD, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Moderator: Jason Raad, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
There are many different outcome measures that quantify the same or similar constructs. This heterogeneity makes it challenging to conduct large-scale research and quality measurement. Requiring uniformity of measure selection may not always be practical. Instead, measures can be placed on the same metric, allowing commensurate scoring. PROMIS Physical Function T-score metric will be used as an exemplar metric on which scores from other measures can be placed and commonly understood. Both linking of other patient-reported outcome measures and performance-based measures will be discussed.