{"id":1291,"date":"2015-12-03T20:36:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T20:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/surgery\/?page_id=1291"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:58:13","slug":"learning-resource-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/surgery\/learning-resource-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Learning Resource Center is dedicated to promote investigative projects among residents and research fellows with a full time bio-statistician Elvis Santiago Rodriguez and a team of epidemiologist. Below you will find the titles of the papers and abstracts that have been approved for publication and presented in research forums, you will also find the quarterly statistical reports of the Department of Surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accepted papers for publication in the<em> PUERTO RICO HEALTH SCIENCES JOURNAL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Database of Surgical Procedures: Characteristics of the Surgical Population of the University of Puerto Rico\u2013Affiliated Hospitals<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Norma I. Cruz, MD, Elvis Santiago, MS, Fernando Rivera, BS<\/p>\n<p>Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gender Distribution of Surgery Residents at the University of Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Norma I. Cruz, MD, Fernando Rivera, BS, Elvis Santiago, MS<\/p>\n<p>Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Oral Power Point Presentation and Abstracts Publication- Rafucci Research Forum<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Characteristics of the Surgical Population of the University of Puerto Rico\u2013Affiliated Hospitals \u2013 <\/strong><strong><em>Rafucci Forum 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Norma I. Cruz MD; Elvis Santiago, MS; Fernando Rivera, BS<\/p>\n<p>Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gender Distribution of Surgery Residents at the University of Puerto Rico <\/strong><strong>\u2013 <\/strong><strong><em>Rafucci Forum 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fernando Rivera, BS; Elvis Santiago, MS; Norma I. Cruz, MD<\/p>\n<p>Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prevalence of Diabetes in the Surgical Population of Puerto Rico <\/strong><strong>\u2013 <\/strong><strong><em>Rafucci Forum 2015<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Norma I. Cruz, MD; Elvis Santiago, MS; Anwar Abdul-Hadi, MD<\/p>\n<p>Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Decreasing number of surgical cases at the UPR affiliated hospitals &#8211;<\/strong><strong><em> Rafucci Forum 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Norma I. Cruz, MD; Elvis Santiago, MS; C\u00e9sar Luque, MD<\/p>\n<p>Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power Point Presentation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Surgery Database<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Norma I. Cruz, MD, Elvis Santiago, MS, Luis L\u00f3pez, MD<\/p>\n<p>Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quarterly statistical reports of the Department of Surgery (available in our Department)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July to September 2013<\/li>\n<li>October to December 2013<\/li>\n<li>January to March 2014<\/li>\n<li>April to June 2014<\/li>\n<li>July to September 2014<\/li>\n<li>October to December 2014<\/li>\n<li>January to March 2015<\/li>\n<li>April to June 2015<\/li>\n<li>July to September 2015<\/li>\n<li>2014 Annual Surgery Statistical Report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>email: <a href=\"mailto:elvis.santiago@upr.edu\">elvis.santiago@upr.edu<\/a>[\/su_box]<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Learning Resource Center is dedicated to promote investigative projects among residents and research fellows with a full time bio-statistician Elvis Santiago Rodriguez and a team of epidemiologist. 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