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EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS FOR DECISION MODELLING: TWO PART COURSE
18th - 22nd April 2005, University of Bristol, U.K.
A five-day, two part course intended for:
(a) Anyone undertaking health technology assessments, including in the
context
of cost-effectiveness analysis, whether from academia or industry.
(b) For statisticians, with or without an interest in meta-analysis,
who wish to learn about Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis.
The methods taught on the course are designed to be compatible with the
recent
NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Guidance on preparation
of Technology
Assessment Reports and Industry Submissions to the NICE Appraisals
Committees
(http://www.nice.org.uk/pdf/TAP_Methods.pdf)
Further details including online booking can be found at the course website
http://www.hsrc.ac.uk/EvidenceSynthesis2005/evsynth_main.htm and
from the Course Administrator Sarah Garbutt Email
[log in to unmask] or
Tel +44 (0)117 928 7262, whilst a summary is pasted below.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Part I: Practical Bayesian meta-analysis using WinBUGS
· Introduction to Bayesian methods and WinBUGS
· Fixed effect meta-analysis
· Random effect meta-analysis
· Interpretation of heterogeneity
· Model criticism
· Meta-regression; Adjusting for baseline risk
· Comprehensive decision analysis: evidence synthesis integrated with
decision modelling
Part II: Advanced evidence synthesis for decision modelling using WinBUGS
· Multi-parameter evidence synthesis in epidemiological models
· Indirect and mixed comparisons
· Markov models: Fully and partially observed data; synthesis &
calibration
· Chains of evidence, Multiple outcomes, Surrogate outcomes.
· Observational and RCT evidence: weighting methods, Generalised
evidence synthesis.
· Study Quality.
· Publication bias
· Expected Value of Information
COURSE ORGANISERS
Prof Keith Abrams (Univ of Leicester), Prof Tony Ades (MRC HSRC, Bristol),
Dr Nicola Cooper (Univ of Leicester), Dr Alex Sutton (Univ of Leicester)
and Dr Nicky Welton (MRC HSRC, Bristol)
VENUE
Burwalls - set in pleasant grounds right next to Clifton Suspension Bridge,
10 minutes walk from the centre of Clifton.
Further details on Burwalls can be found at
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/burwalls/
COURSE FEES & ACCOMMODATION
Course fees will cover workshop documentation, lunch, tea and coffee and
the course dinner on Wed 20th April.
Student: £450, Academic: £650, Industry: £1300.
You will need to book your own accommodation.
A range of accommodation will be available to delegates.
Information will follow on registration.
The last date for registration is 25/03/05
PRE-REQUISITES
Applicants should have a good working knowledge of: Fixed and random
effects meta-analysis,
logistic regression, and statistical interaction. Experience with
probabilistic decision analysis
in cost effectiveness analysis would be an advantage, but is not necessary.
Applicants are expected
to have downloaded WinBUGS prior to the course, and to have worked through
the on-line tutorial,
and explored the on-line BLOCKER example.
Nicola J Cooper, PhD
MRC Training Fellow in HSR
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.hs.le.ac.uk/personal/njc21/
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Medical Statistics Group
Centre for Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology
Department of Health Sciences
University of Leicester
22-28 Princess Road West
Leicester
LE1 6TP
http://www.hs.le.ac.uk/research/medstats
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