Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) will be holding its 2015 conference in Oslo, Norway (http://www.cvent.com/d/14qtzj?RefID=HTAi+2015). The Information Resources Group (IRG) is one of the interest sub-groups of HTAi and will be submitting a proposal for a full-day pre-conference workshop on Sunday, June 14th. The overall theme for the conference is: Global Efforts in Knowledge Transfer: HTA to Health Policy and Practice. In addition to the main theme, three sub-themes are examined:

 

1) Knowledge in the 21st century: what, when and how?;

2) Using the knowledge: needs of decision makers, clinicians and patients;

3) International collaboration in knowledge synthesis and transfer: is it worth the effort?

 

HTAi encourages workshop proposals to align with the overall scientific theme and program for the meeting. Additionally, here is a list of topics that were suggested in workshop evaluations from 2014:

 

1) text mining and semantic analysis (including an introduction to existing tools/programs);

2) searching for qualitative studies (for qualitative reviews);

3) searching for medical devices;

4) searching for adverse effects data;

5) search filters with examples and other effective approaches to finding the evidence.

 

The Chair and Chair-Elect of the IRG invite you to submit workshop presentation proposals for topics you would like to present and discuss with other information professionals at next year’s conference. For background, more information on the activities of the IRG is available at: http://www.htai.org/index.php?id=554. Information on previous IRG workshops is available at: http://www.htai.org/index.php?id=555.

 

To submit a proposal, please fill out the form below (also attached) and email the Chair (David Kaunelis: [log in to unmask]) or Chair-Elect (Ingrid Harboe: [log in to unmask]) by Wednesday, November 19, 2015.

 

 

 

PROPOSAL FOR IRG PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP AT THE 12^th HTAi ANNUAL MEETING, OSLO, NORWAY, SUNDAY JUNE 14^th 2015 

Title of your topic / theme

Description of your topic / theme

Describe the relevance of your topic / theme for HTA information management issues and the overall theme of the HTAi Annual Meeting

Suggestion for workshop title

Suggestion for workshop form (e.g. presentations, presentations combined with group discussions etc.)

Name and organisation of proposer

Proposed speaker(s) and organisation(s)

 

After the submissions close, the Executive Committee and a team of local medical librarians will: 

 

1.         Evaluate proposals regarding relevance of topic for HTA information management issues and the overall theme of the HTAi Annual Meeting.

2.         Identify possible overlaps, combinations of topics etc. across proposals.

3.         Prioritise proposals and contact proposer/s for more details if needed.

4.         Finalise choice of proposals to be submitted as IRG proposal.

5.         Reply to all proposers about decision of selected proposals to be submitted as IRG proposal.

6.         Submit IRG proposal to the meeting organisers prior to deadline.  

 

We look forward to hearing from you!

 

Regards,

Dave & Ingrid

David Kaunelis
Chair, HTAi Information Resources Group
Methods Specialist, Information Services
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
www.cadth.ca

Tel:  (613) 226-2553, ext. 1481
E-mail:  [log in to unmask]

 

 

Ingrid Harboe, Research Librarian

 

Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

Tel: +47 464 00 470

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