Following the success of the 1st Symposium
on Systematic Reviews, held in Oxford in
January 1998, we are pleased to annouce
a 2nd Symposium:
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2nd SYMPOSIUM ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS:
BEYOND THE BASICS
5th to 7th January 1999
St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
Recent Advances,
New Challenges,
Effective Dissemination
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Keynote speakers will include -
Doug Altman, UK John Bailar III, USA
Nick Black, UK Marc Buyse, Belgium
Iain Chalmers, UK Mike Clarke, UK
Kay Dickersin, USA Matthias Egger, UK
Vikki Entwistle, UK Veronica Fraser, UK
Richard Horton, UK Alex Jadad, Canada
Tom Jefferson, UK Alessandro Liberati, Italy
Drummond Rennie, USA Richard Smith, UK
Ian Watt, UK Geoff Watts, UK
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The main topic areas at the meeting will include:
Estimating treatment effects for the individual patient
Different ways of explaining treatment effects
Dissemination of the findings of systematic reviews
Systematic reviews of non-randomised studies of effectiveness
Systematic reviews of economic, diagnostic and prognostic studies
Impact of methodology on the quality and findings of systematic reviews
Publication bias
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The abstract and programme of last year's meeting is
available on the web...
WWW - http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/srdphome.html
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Abstract Submission and Registration forms will be
available in June 1998, from
Rochelle Seifas,
Centre for Statistics in Medicine,
Institute of Health Sciences,
Old Road, Headington,
Oxford. OX3 7LF, UK
Tel - +44 1865 226615
Fax - +44 1865 226962
E-mail - [log in to unmask]
WWW - http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/srdphome.html
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