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The R language and R Studio are widely used in most of the federal cancer registries in Germany; but only few have special “R onboarding” programs. Therefore, a R user group “Forum R” was initiated in 2021 as part of the expert panel of the clinical cancer registries “Plattform § 65c”. This “Forum R” aims for networking and further education for employees of the cancer registries in Germany in the fields of programing, statistics, visualization and reporting with R. Currently, two elected people organize the community, which has more than seventy members from different registries, with experience levels in R ranging from complete beginners to long-standing experts.
Our biggest challenges as organizers of the group are providing content for all R programming levels as well as keeping people motivated and willing to share their work. While people often enter the group full of enthusiasm it is not easy to keep people engaged continuously especially when there is time pressure regarding other professional tasks. Doing so we complement online meetings of all group members with on-site workshops, groups of experts with specific areas of expertise, a reading group and an online ticketing system. Furthermore, we try to respond quickly to changing needs of the members of “Forum R”. Above all, the community depends on the commitment of all members.
Learning new skills and cooperating with others are among the core interests of most people. We would like to share our experiences trying to promote these human qualities.
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