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             4th SYMPOSIUM ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS:
                              PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

                           2nd to 4th July, 2002
                St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK

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                     CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

                   AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION

               Abstract deadline 1st February 2002

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Following the success of the first three symposia on systematic review methods, which were held in Oxford in January 1998 and 1999, and July 2000, we are pleased to announce registration details and the abstract call for the fourth symposium, to be held in July 2002.  The symposium will focus on research relating to the methods and problems of doing and using systematic reviews.  The meeting will bring together people from a wide variety of disciplines interested in going beyond the basics of systematic reviewing.


FULL DETAILS OF THE MEETING, REGISTRATION FORMS, and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORMS are available on the website:
http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/pushingtheboundaries/symp2002.html

Keynote speakers will include -

• Martin Eccles, University of Newcastle, UK
• Alistair Fischer, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK
• Gordon Guyatt, McMaster University, Canada
• Chris Hyde, Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility (ARIF), UK
• John Ioannidis, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece
• Alex Jadad, University of Toronto, Canada
• Peter Langhorne, University of Glasgow, UK
• Carol Lefebvre, UK Cochrane Centre, UK
• Andy Oxman, National Institute of Public Health, Norway
• Ian Roberts, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

Main topic areas will include -

• Ethical issues in systematic reviews
• Obtaining data from trialists
• Combining studies without meta-analysis
• Methods for combining qualitative studies
• Including adverse events in systematic reviews
• Including quality of life outcomes in systematic reviews
• Using systematic reviews in guidelines
• Assessing the quality of systematic reviews
• Learning from conflicting findings of systematic reviews
• Impact of updating systematic reviews
• Assessing and incorporating the quality of studies in systematic reviews
• Systematic reviews of complex interventions
• New empirical studies and methodological developments

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CALL for ABSTRACTS

Abstracts for oral or poster presentations are invited on the above topics, or other areas related to the methodology of systematic reviews.  The closing date for abstract submission is 1st February 2002. 

Abstract submission forms are available from Rochelle Seifas at the address at the end of this message, or from our Website.

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STRUCTURE of MEETING

Tuesday 2^nd July 2002
6.45 pm Reception at St Catherine’s College
7.30 pm Dinner at St Catherine’s College

Wednesday 3^rd July 2002
9.00 am Symposium commences
5.30 pm  End of day one
7.30 pm  Banquet Dinner

Thursday 4^th July 2002
9.00 am  First session begins day two
4.30 pm  Symposium closes


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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
        
Registration fee before 17th May 2002.
200 pounds stlg. (Reduced fee for Universities, Health Service, Charities and similar)
400 pounds stlg. (Full fee)

Registration forms are available from Rochelle Seifas at the address at the end of this message, and from the symposium website.

Registrations will be dealt with on a first come first served basis, places cannot be reserved without full payment. Cancellations must be made in writing and received by 10th June 2002; a fee of £25 will be deducted to cover administration costs. We are unable to dispatch
invoices or offer reductions in the fee for partial attendance.

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For further information, registration and abstract forms please contact:

Rochelle Seifas, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Institute of Health
Sciences, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK. 
E-mail [log in to unmask]

and visit our website
http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/pushingtheboundaries/symp2002.html

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