After you have created and setup the details of an MDT Meeting via the Meeting List page (See
“Adding MDT Meetings to the Meeting List”), you can create an agenda for this new MDT meeting by
creating a roster of cases, selecting attendees for the meeting and recording the meeting outcomes.
The information on this page is separated into the following sections: “General Meeting
Information”, “Create and Manage a Roster of Cases”, “Additional Features for Organizing the
Roster”, “Manage List of Attendees” and “Conduct a Meeting.”
NOTE: Access to case information from the MDT Meeting List is limited to the Case/People access
privileges assigned to the User. If the team member logged in does not have privilege to access
“all cases” in NCAtrak, there may be some cases on the agenda that will display a
**Restricted** message and will be inaccessible for viewing and editing.
General Meeting Information
The MDT Meetings List provides team members with the ability to see the dates, times, types,
locations and cases on the agenda of MDT meetings.
STEP 1: Access the MDT Meeting List
Select “Meeting List” from the “MDT” dropdown menu on the left side of NCAtrak.
Figure 1. “Meeting List” on the MDT menu
STEP 2: Select Meeting
Locate the meeting you want to edit from the list of MDT meetings for your center and click on the
“Details” button beside it.
Figure 2. “Details” button on the MDT Meetings table
You will be redirected to a page with the “General,” “Create Roster,” “Attendees,” and “Conduct
Meeting,” tabs for managing the selected MDT meeting.
Figure 3. “General,” “Create Roster,” “Attendees,” and “Conduct Meeting,” tabs
STEP 3: Edit General Meeting Information
From the General Tab, you can view and edit the MDT Meeting date, time, location and type. You can
also add any additional information in the “Comments” text box. This text box can be made bigger or
smaller by clicking on the plus (+) or minus (-) buttons respectively.
If you want to adjourn this meeting, you can tick on the checkbox for “Adjourned.”
Figure 4. MDT Meeting Information fields
Click “Save” at the top of the page to save any changes, or “Cancel” to forego changes.
You can also click on the link “Return to MDT Meetings List” at the top right section of the page
to go back to the Meeting List page. This link is available in all tabs.
Figure 5. “Return to MDT Meetings List” link
Create and Manage a Roster of Cases
The “Create Roster” tab provides team members with MDT Meeting Management privileges the ability to
create a list of cases your team will review during the meeting.
STEP 1: Create a Roster
Click on the “Create Roster” tab. There are several criteria to use to filter through all the open
cases in the system that will help narrow down the number of cases that you will select from for
the roster.
You can filter cases by Victim/Client last name OR by searching several other filter options in
this tab.
Figure 6. “Create Roster” tab and Filter Criteria fields
STEP 2: Selecting Cases using the Filter by Victim/Client Last Name
If you have a specific client or list of clients to add to the roster, enter the client’s last name
in the “Filter by victim/client last name” field.
Click on the “Retrieve Cases Matching Criteria” button below the list of filters to run the search
for cases matching the filter you set.
Figure 7. “Retrieve Cases Matching Criteria” button
Names of clients that match the last name you have entered will populate the table below these
filter criteria. The results will have the data divided into columns for Case Number, Age,
Victim/client (Name), Date Received, Referral Reason, MDT Ready and Prior Recommendations.
Figure 8. Client data columns
You can tick on the checkbox for “Select All” to choose all the results that came up.
Figure 9. “Select All” checkbox
You can also just choose to add some of the cases by ticking on the check the box next to the case
you would like to add to the meeting.
Figure 10. Select cases checkboxes and “Add Selected Cases to Roster” button
Once you are done with your selection, click on the button “Add Selected Cases to Roster”. All
cases you have chosen will be added to the roster for this MDT meeting.
Figure 11. “Cases successfully added to the Roster” message
Click “OK” in the dialog box to close the message.
STEP 3: Select Case by Multiple Filter Options
If you choose not to use “Filter by victim/client last name”, there are several other options you
can use. You can use just one, all or any combination of the filters to search through open cases.
Use one or more of the dropdown menu options, calendar options and check boxes seen below.
Figure 12. Drop down menu, calendar and check box filter options
Once you have set your filter criteria, click on the “Retrieve Cases Matching Criteria” button
below the list of filters.
A list of cases matching the filter criteria you have set will be displayed in a table below.
You can choose to select all the results by putting a check mark beside the “Select All” option or
you can choose to add only some of the cases by ticking on the check boxes next to the cases you
want to be added to the roster. When you have completed choosing the cases, click on the “Add
Selected Cases to Roster” button to add them to the roster for this MDT meeting.
You will receive a message in a dialog box to indicate that your selected cases were successfully
added to the roster. Click “OK” in the dialog box to close the message.
Figure 13. Display of cases assigned to the meeting
When a case has been added to the meeting, this will be marked with “**” instead of having a
check box available to indicate they are already included in the meeting.
To search again, using a different set of filter criteria, click on the “Reset” button at the top,
and repeat the steps above.
NOTE: Cases can also be added to a meeting roster at the time a case is created in “Create New
Case(s),” or they can be added from the MDT Tab within the case record.
STEP 4: Delete Cases from Meeting Roster
IMPORTANT: Before you can delete a case from an MDT meeting, you will have to delete anything that
you have entered in the case(s) regarding this MDT meeting. For example, you have to mark everyone
you set as having attended this meeting in a case record as not having attended or not present.
To delete a case, click on the “Conduct Meeting tab then click on the “Delete” button next to the
case you want to remove from the agenda of this meeting.
Figure 14. “Delete” button on the Conduct Meeting tab
Click “OK” in the confirmation dialog box to proceed, or click “Cancel” to forego deleting this
case from the roster.
Additional Features for Organizing the Roster
There are many ways to organize the roster before the meeting. Review the options below. Use one or
more that are most beneficial to your team’s approach to case review.
OPTION 1: Sort the Roster
Click on the Column Header of your choice to sort the cases by that column. Example, if you click
once on the “Victim/Client” column, you will see an upward arrow beside the column name and it will
sort the cases in alphabetical order of the client’s name. If you click on the same column name
again, it will sort it in reverse order.
You can manually sort the order of the cases on the agenda by using the up and down arrow
keys in the “Sort Order” column.
Figure 15. Sorting by column headers or sort order buttons
After you are done sorting the cases, click on the “Save Agenda Order” to save the sorting order
for the cases on the agenda.
OPTION 2: Add the Amount of Time You Want to Allocate for Each Case Review
To allocate equal time intervals to review each case, type the number of minutes for each in the
“Enter time interval in minutes,” box.
Click the “Auto-Calculate Times” button. NCAtrak will automatically calculate the start time for
each case review during the meeting. The calculation comes from the start time of the meeting
(entered on the General tab of this MDT meeting) and the time interval.
Figure 16. “Enter time interval in minutes,” box and “Auto-Calculate Times” button
For example, if the meeting starts at 9:00 AM and you set the interval to 30 minutes, review of the
first case on the roster will be scheduled to start at 9:00 then the next at 9:30, and the next
after that at 10:00 and so on, until all cases in the list have an estimated start time.
Figure 17. “Enter time interval in minutes,” box and Time column
If you need to review two or more cases during the same time interval, or if you want to assign the
amount of time by the case complexity, you can edit each row to enter the time you want.
NOTE: The Time column can be re-calculated if needed (maybe because you added a case to the list,
or sorted the list again) by entering the time interval and clicking the “Auto-Calculate Times”
button again.
Manage List of Attendees
The “Attendees” tab provides team members with MDT Meeting Management privileges the ability to
create a list of attendees who will participate in the MDT Meeting.
STEP 1: Review Invited Attendees
The “Personnel invited to participate in this meeting” table will list the attendees selected to
participate in the meeting. If you have previously set up a list of “Regular Attendees” for this
type of meeting, they will automatically appear in the table. See the “Overview of MDT Meeting
Setup” help file for more information on creating lists of regular attendees for different meeting
types at your CAC.
Figure 18. “Personnel invited to participate in this meeting” table on the Attendees tab
Another way to add additional Attendees is to review the “Potential Attendee List.” This table is
automatically populated with personnel who have cases on the roster but who are not already invited
or set as a regular attendee in the meeting type selected for this MDT meeting.
STEP 2: Review and add Potential Attendees
Scroll down to the “Potential Attendee List.” This table is will contain personnel assigned to
cases on the roster, who are not already listed in the “Personnel invited to participate in this
meeting” table above.
Check the box next to Potential Attendees you wish to invite to the meeting. Check the “Select All”
box to choose the entire list with one click.
Click “Add Selected Personnel as Attendees,” and your selections will move to the table for
“Personnel invited to participate in this meeting” at the top.
Figure 19. “Add Selected Personnel as Attendees,” and select cases check boxes
STEP 3: Add Additional Attendees
Once you have reviewed the lists of Invited Attendees and Potential Attendees, you can add
additional attendees who are not in these lists but you want to include in the MDT meeting.
To do this, click on the “Add Attendee” button in the “Personnel invited to participate in this
meeting” section.
Figure 20. “Add Attendee” button in the “Personnel invited to participate in this meeting” section
A dialog box with Agency and Person fields for you to fill out will come up.
Figure 21. Agency and Person fields
Click on the “Update” button to add the attendee or “Cancel” to forego adding the attendee and
return to the list.
Repeat for each attendee you wish to add until all are listed.
STEP 4: Remove attendees from the MDT meeting
Click on the “Delete” button next to the attendee.
Figure 22. “Delete” button on the “Personnel invited to participate in this meeting” section
Click “OK” in the confirmation dialog box to delete the attendee from the list or click “Cancel” in
the to forego the change.
NOTE: If you deleted an attendee that you added from the “Potential Attendee List”, the
person will be removed from the “Personnel Invited to participate in this meeting” table and will
move back to the “Potential Attendee List”.
Conduct a Meeting
You can use NCATrak during your MDT Meeting to display the agenda and related case information to
meeting attendees. It is best to have the person displaying the meeting information be one who has
access to all cases and people associated with the cases.
Step 1: Display the Meeting Roster
Select “Meeting List” from the “MDT” dropdown menu on the lefthand side of NCAtrak. This will bring
you to the MDT Meeting List page which displays all the MDT meetings for your center. Locate the
meeting you are conducting from the list and click on the “Details” button beside it.
Figure 23. “Delete” button on the MDT Meetings table
You will be redirected to the page where you can manage the different details of the MDT meeting
and you can see the General, Create Roster, Attendees and Conduct Meeting tabs.
Step 2: Select a case to review
Click on the “Conduct Meeting” tab. Locate the case to review and click on the case number. The
case will appear in a second window and you will be at the MDT Tab by default.
Figure 24. Locating a case to review in the “No.” column
Step 3: Review the Case in the Case Record
The Investigation Summary table is displayed on this MDT tab.
All other tabs in the case record are also available to review with the team.
Step 4: Enter Recommendations, MDT Meeting Results and Case Review Notes
While still in the case record, scroll to the bottom of the MDT tab to the “MDT Meeting Results”
table.
Locate the row that represents this case review meeting (Date, time and meeting type should match
the meeting you are now conducting).
Click “Edit” to enter data in the case for this MDT meeting.
Figure 25. “Edit” button on the MDt Meeting Results table
Check the checkboxes for attendees who participate in the review. “Select All” will check all at
one time, then you can delete one at a time if needed.
Check Recommendations boxes, add any notes or Comments in the text boxes.
Click the “Save” button to save data, or click “Cancel” to forego saving any changes.
Figure 26. “Attendees Present at Review,” Attendees,” “Recommendations,” and “Comments”
fields
The five fields below the Comments section are custom fields you can add for your center. If you do
not use them, you will not see any field after the Comments text box.
NOTE: Attendees are not editable from here. To add or delete an attendee, use the Attendees tab for
this MDT meeting.
Step 5: Return to Meeting Roster
When you have finished reviewing the case, you can close the window containing the case record and
return to the window which has the “Conduct Meeting” tab.
Click on the “Refresh Data” button above the case roster. The roster will be updated to display the
recommendations you have added to the cases in the roster.
Figure 27. “Refresh Data” button on the Conduct Meeting tab
Step 6: Repeat Steps 2-5 until all cases are reviewed.
Step 7: Download documents to the meeting
Any documents such as sign in sheets or meeting notes can be uploaded to the Meeting.
Figure 28. Document Upload
Step 8: Adjourn the Meeting
Click on the “General” tab at the top. Tick on the “Adjourned” checkbox.
Click “Save.” This will make all the meeting results entered in each case record read-
only/un-editable and will mark all cases with an adjourned meeting in their respective Case Tracking
tables.
Figure 29. Adjourned checkbox
NOTE: It is recommended that these steps be completed in real time during the meeting. If you
choose not to update the MDT Meeting record during the meeting, take notes manually. When the
meeting is over, follow these same steps to finish your updates to your case information
and adjourn the meeting.