Fancy a beach break but want to include some professional development as well? Why not come to Rio de Janeiro for either of the 2 (or both!) HTAi Information Resources Group workshops!
Basic skills in literature searching for HTA - Date: Saturday June 25th 2011
Organizers: The Information Resources Group of HTAi, the Brazilian Cochrane Centre and the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre
Content: This training day will alert participants to key issues for literature searching for HTA, the variation in approaches for different elements of the HTA process and the need to adapt the approaches to the requirements of the individual HTA. The sessions will involve:
- Brief overview of what HTA involves - Evelinda M Trindade, InCor
- Key issues for literature searching to support HTA- Ingrid Harboe, NOKC
- Practical issues and resources to support literature searching for HTA - Catherine Voutier, Melbourne Health
- Scoping and developing the research question - Evelinda M Trindade, InCor
- Searching approaches - Rachel Riera and Eduarda Puga, Brazilian Cochrane Centre
- Where to search? / Ingrid Harboe, NOKC
- Downloading records, documenting and reporting the searches - Jaana Isojärvi, Finohta; Carol Lefebvre, UK Cochrane Centre
Advanced information retrieval methods to support HTA: regional databases, grey literature searching and identifying patients’ preferences - Date: Sunday June 26th 2011
Organizer: The Information Resources Group of HTAi
Content: This workshop will focus on advanced information retrieval methods to inform health technology assessment and will be composed of four sessions:
- An introduction to HTA practice in Latin America - Daniel Comandé, IECS; Evelinda M Trindade, InCor
- Effective searching of LILACS and other BIREME resources for HTAs and systematic reviews - Sueli Mitiko Suga and Verônica Abdala, BIREME/OPAS/OMS
- Grey Matters! Identifying grey literature for health technology assessments and systematic reviews - Hayley Fitzsimmons, CADTH
- Bringing social views into HTA: how can we extract relevant information about patient and citizen preferences and patient experiences from database and web based sources? - Jackie Street, University of Adelaide
Cost for each workshop: USD $80 Venue: Intercontinental Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Visit this website to register today! http://www.htai2011.org/inscricoes_en.asp
Or go here http://www.htai2011.org/documentos/Ficha_Inscricao.pdf to download the workshop registration form
Please share the news of these exciting workshops with your Latin American colleagues! Pre-conference workshops are open both to members and non-members of HTAi.
Catherine Voutier
Clinical Librarian
Melbourne Health
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