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Dear Colleagues,
Apologies for cross-posting and best wishes from IMPACT at the University of Liverpool, UK.
Registration remains open for the next IMPACT Health Impact Assessment course, running from 13th-17th June 2011 in the award winning Foresight Centre on the University campus. The course will also run from 14th-18th November, 2011 and in June and November 2012.
Please contact us by e-mail at [log in to unmask] or by telephone +44(0)151-794 5004 for further information and an application form. Bursary funding is not available. Accommodation at a discounted rate is available to registered delegates. Enquiries about other HIA activity are also welcome.
I do hope you can join us in June or November.
Regards
Hilary Dreaves
Research Fellow (HIA)
IMPACT - International Health Impact Assessment Consortium,
Department of Public Health and Policy,
Institute of Psychology, Health and Society
University of Liverpool,
Whelan Building,
Liverpool.
L69 3GB
Tel: +44(0)151-794 5004 (office)
Fax: +44(0)151-794 5588
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Website: www.healthimpactassessment.co.uk
2009 Winner Research Councils UKknowledge transfer award for Public Policy and Service Impact
www.liv.ac.uk/news/features/impacts-award.htm
This meeting may be of interest to some of you, apologies if it isn't.
3-day Comparative Effectiveness Research meeting 25th - 27th July 2011, Santa Fe, USA
The CMTP Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Institute is aimed at professionals in clinical practice and research, trial management, technology assessment, public health, epidemiology, quality assessment, health economics and outcomes research, and policy development who need to develop a deeper understanding of CER concepts, applied methods, and policy issues. Participants should have an understanding of clinical research and some familiarity with CER literature. Participants will be able to select among programs of varying complexity and detail in order to design a program track that best meets their individual level of knowledge and interests. Participants should be prepared to participate actively in group learning processes.
The CER Institute will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of CER approaches and methodologies, and enable them to apply or evaluate a broad range of CER tools within their own professional context. Through case studies and interactive group discussions, students will learn from top experts in the field. The objectives are to expose participants to important methodological issues that arise when conducting CER, introduce emerging policy trends and ensure that participants understand effective methods for translating the results from CER studies into policy. Sessions will address a wide range of topics, including alternative experimental designs, uses of observational data and registries, systematic reviews, methods for indirect comparisons, health economics, and translation and dissemination of CER studies.
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Conducting Research and Getting Published in Medical Education
August 2 to August 17, 2011
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
General Educational Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Understand the scientific research process and publication in medical
education research
2. Critically evaluate published medical education research
3. Appreciate the value of scientific findings for medical education
practice and teaching
Specific Instructional Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Design various research studies in medical education
2. Create electronic databases in Excel, SPSS, Comprehensive Meta
Analysis and EQS
3. Run SPSS analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics, graphs, correlation,
ANOVA, regression)
4. Run Comprehensive Meta Analysis to compute effect sizes and forest plots
5. Interpret statistical output and level of significance and prepare
tables of results
6. Write a “skeletal” scientific paper for journal submission
Who should take this: Physicians, Nurses, Graduate Students,
Psychologists, Health Care Professionals. Cost: €1,250
Contact Information: Dr. Claudio Violato, [log in to unmask]
Claudio Violato, PhD
Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Director, Medical Education and Research Unit
Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Calgary, AB Canada T2N 4N1
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Hi Amy and Fellow EBHers
I haven't actually used these in empirical research but as a student I have
found them a helpful research method learning tool during the OU course on
Survey methods, DT840.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/
http://www.questionpro.com/akira/login.do
I intend to use Survey Monkey for some of my own addiction studies when I have
done my MSc [they are more science motivated and less profit driven than Survey
Pro]. Although I seriously doubt whether many of the Last (Lost) 500 legal
diamorphine users will be computer literate and online at 60 plus but many other
addicts are.
Best wishes Jo
BTW I am still working hard researching with 94 year old Professor Karl
Schmidt [and also living it up in gorgeous sunshine] in Somerset but online now.
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From: Dr. Amy Price <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tue, 26 April, 2011 1:49:02
Subject: Survey results into stats software, translational medicine
Dear All,
What are the differences between translational medicine and evidence based
health care? I am assuming that the general consensus is that all health care is
in some form rationed due to the absence of unlimited funding and the need for
an evidence base or value for money and that health care could be traditional or
less so as long as it is evidence backed with an acceptable risk to benefit
ratio to protect both patients, med care professionals and policy decisions, so
how is translational medicine different?
My other question that I need help with is that we are doing survey
questionnaires as one part of an addiction study. So far we have 3 arms and 3
sites with approximately 200 substance dependent individuals per site. I would
like to have these questionnaires available online and for the Likert style
results to be easily downloaded to an Excel/STATA or SPSS file. Any ideas for an
easy cost effective solution that has worked for you in the past?
Best regards,
Amy
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Hi Amy and Fellow EBHers
I haven't actually used these in empirical research but as a student I have found them a helpful research method learning tool during the OU course on Survey methods, DT840.
I intend to use Survey Monkey for some of my own addiction studies when I have done my MSc [they are more science motivated and less profit driven than Survey Pro]. Although I seriously doubt whether many of the Last (Lost) 500 legal diamorphine users will be computer literate and online at 60 plus but many other addicts are.
Best wishes Jo
BTW I am still working hard researching with 94 year old Professor Karl Schmidt [and also living it up in gorgeous sunshine] in Somerset but online now.
From: Dr. Amy Price <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tue, 26 April, 2011 1:49:02
Subject: Survey results into stats software, translational medicine
Dear All,
What are the differences between translational medicine and evidence based health care? I am assuming that the general consensus is that all health care is in some form rationed due to the absence of unlimited funding and the need for an evidence base or value for money and that health care could be traditional or less so as long as it is evidence backed with an acceptable risk to benefit ratio to protect both patients, med care professionals and policy decisions, so how is translational medicine different?
My other question that I need help with is that we are doing survey questionnaires as one part of an addiction study. So far we have 3 arms and 3 sites with approximately 200 substance dependent individuals per site. I would like to have these questionnaires available online and for the Likert style results to be easily downloaded to an Excel/STATA or SPSS file. Any ideas for an easy cost effective solution that has worked for you in the past?
Best regards,
Amy
