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WINTER SCHOOL ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSIS IN THE SWISS ALPS A short course entitled "Systematic Reviews in the Health Sciences: Meta-Analysis in Context" will be held at the Hotel Jungfraublick, Wengen, Switzerland, from January 18-22, 2010. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of this short course participants will have an understanding of * the role and potential of systematic reviews and the appropriate place of meta-analysis in the evaluation of health care interventions; * the principles, steps and statistical methods involved; * the biases that can distort reviews and ways to detect such biases and * the issues surrounding systematic reviews of observational studies. Participants will gain practical experience in performing meta-analyses in Stata, including meta-analyses of randomised clinical trials, of individual patient data, of dose-response relations in epidemiology and of diagnostic test accuracy studies. The course will run each day from 8 to 12 am and from 4:30 to 7 pm, with additional optional practical exercises after dinner. On Tuesday to Friday days will start with a brief review of the previous day. FACULTY Prof. Matthias Egger, Course Organiser, Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Social & Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland Prof. Jonathan Sterne, Professor of Medical Statistics, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK Prof. Peter Jüni, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, ISPM, University of Bern, Switzerland THE SETTING The course will be held in Wengen, which is situated at 1274 m on a sheltered sun terrace at the foot of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. Since 1893 access to Wengen has been via the historic Wengernalp rackrailway from Lauterbrunnen. The course fee is inclusive of course materials, accommodation (6 nights), half board (breakfast buffet and 3-course dinner), light refreshments during coffee breaks and transport of luggage to Wengen railway station. Fees range from CHF 1880 to CHF 2055, depending on the type of room (single or double occupancy, with or without balcony). COURSE FLYER AND REGISTRATION For a course flyer, and for registration, visit www.ispm.ch. For questions contact: Dunja Ibrahim, course co-ordinator University of Bern Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) Finkenhubelweg 11 3012 Bern, Switzerland www.ispm.ch [log in to unmask] Supported by the Swiss School of Public Health ---------------------------------------------- Matthias Egger MD MSc FFPH Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health Institute of Social & Preventive Medicine University of Bern Finkenhubelweg 11 CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland Tel +41 31 631 3501; Fax +41 31 631 3520 http://www.ispm.ch ----------------------------------------------