Preliminary Announcement
Cluster Randomised Trials: a Course and a Workshop
Whirlow Grange, Sheffield 5-7 July, 1999
Invitation for papers
Cluster randomised trials are ones in which clusters of individuals
are randomised, rather than the individuals themselves. They are
common in health promotion and primary care. They pose interesting
statistical, methodological and ethical problems are currently an area
of much research.
5th July 1999
Course on the design and analysis of Cluster Randomised trials
Professor Allan Donner and Professor Neil Klar
This course is aimed at statisticians, epidemiologists, public health
specialists and health service research workers involved in the design
and analysis of cluster randomised trials. Professors Donner and Klar
are the leading names in the field and the course and will be based on
their forthcoming book.
6-7th July 1999
Workshop on cluster randomised trials
The workshop is also aimed at statisticians, epidemiologists, public
health specialists and health service research workers involved in the
design and analysis of cluster randomised trials and will involve a
mixture of theoretical and practical talks and discussions.
Topics
· Methods of analysis appropriate for community trials involving a
small number of large units · Advantages and disadvantages of paired
matched designs · Approaches to meta-analysis of cluster randomised
trials · Informed consent and other ethical issues in cluster
randomised trials · Under what circumstances are non-randomised trials
appropriate · Statistical approaches to analysis of tine-to-event data
in cluster randomised trials · Random or fixed effect models for
cluster randomised and multi-centre trials · Cluster designs in
Primary Care · Bayesian methods and random effects models
Cost of course (one day) £90 , Cost of workshop (two days) £100
(includes coffee, lunch and tea)
The Workshop will consist of a mixture of invited speakers and
contributed papers.
There will be time for informal discussion groups
Deadline for contributed papers 28th May 1999
For further details please contact
Mrs AJ McGowan
Institute of Primary Care
Community Science Centre
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield S5 7AU
Tel 0114 271 5868
Fax 0114 242 2136
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Whirlow Grange is a pleasant conference centre on the outskirts of
Sheffield and close to attractive countryside in the Peak District and
to Chatsworth House. There will be limited accommodation on site (on a
first come basis).
Organising committee
Mike Campbell (Chair),Doug Altman (Oxford),Marion Campbell(Aberdeen),
Allan Donner (Ontario), Diana Elbourne (London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine),Sally Kerry (St George's London),Tim
Peters(Bristol), Chris Roberts(Manchester), Simon Thompson
(Imperial,London) Supported by: The Institute of Primary Care
Sheffield, the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and
the MRC Health Services Research Unit, Bristol
Mike Campbell
Professor of Medical Statistics with an Interest in Primary Care
Institute of Primary Care
Community Sciences Building
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield S5 7AU
Tel 0114 271 5919
FAX 0114 242 2136
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