I’m sure someone from the planning committee will be along soon to let you know what’s actually happening – but what I recall from the conference is that because some of the work was ‘work in progress’, some colleagues may not be comfortable having their work shared on the WWW.

Another way to do it would be to identify which presentations you’re most interested in from the conference programme, and contact the authors directly to ask them…

Becky.

Rebecca Hardwick
Associate Research Fellow

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From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Purva Abhyankar
Sent: 06 November 2014 10:14
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Subject: Re: CARES conference

I strongly second this request! Many of us (loosely or closely associated with RE and RS) would have liked to be but couldn’t be there- it would be a valuable to resource to all of us!

Purva

Dr. Purva Abhyankar

NMAHP Research Unit

University of Stirling

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Latest papers:

Abhyankar P, Bekker, HL, Summers, BA, Velikova, G. Framing Options as Choice or Opportunity: Does the Frame Influence Decisions? Medical Decision Making 34: 567 DOI 10.1177/0272989X14529624

Abhyankar P, Volk R, Blumenthal-Barby J, Bravo P, Buchholz A, Ozanne E, et al. Balancing the presentation of information and options in patient decision aids: an updated review. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2013;13(Suppl 2):S6.

Laterst Methodological papers

Abhyankar P, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Harris F and McCourt C. (2013) A realist evaluation of a normal birth programme. Evidence Based Midwifery, 11(4): 112-119.

From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gwernan-Jones, Ruth
Sent: 06 November 2014 10:06
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Would be fantastic if the presentations could be made available for those who were there, too! I took notes referencing the presentations, because I had thought they would be made available… and there are plenty of presentations I would have liked to look at but missed

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Sent: 06 November 2014 09:52
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Would be fantastic if the presentations could be made available on a website for those who couldn’t attend and for students (and others) learning to do this

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Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2014 21:47
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Subject: Re: CARES conference tribute song (unofficial)

Hi Andrew

You’re a funny bloke! Loved it… and the one at the conference dinner as well.

If I may say – your presentation at the conference on how to do the lit search for realist synthesis, and that of Chris immediately after yours on the same subject, were amongst the highlights of the conference for me. You may hate me for this later but I heartily recommend that lurking list-readers who are thinking about ‘how to search’ (or thinking that a traditional search plus a bit of snowballing is ‘the way to go’) contact you for advice.

Best wishes

Gill

From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Booth
Sent: Wednesday, 5 November 2014 5:03 PM
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Congratulations to all the CARES planning team for a wonderful conference in Liverpool. Even as a long-time EBM-er I loved it - and here's my tribute song - it has to be the Blues of course!:

The House for Realist “Fun”

(With Apologies to the House of The Rising Sun)

There is a house in Liv-er-pool
It’s known to Ray Paw-son
And it's been the ruin of so much E-B-M
And don’t I know I'm one!

My mother was “relative”
(Don’t know what that term means!)
My father was positivist
Written in his genes

Now the only thing a realist needs
Is a mid-range theory
And the only time he's satisfied
He comes across quite dreary

Oh, tutors, tell your students
Not to do what I have done
The only Outcome there is misery
Whatever the Mech-a-nis-m

Well, I got one eye on the Programme
The source of all my pains
I'm goin' back to Liv-er-pool
To break my C-MO chains

Well, there is a house in Liv-er-pool
It’s known to Ray Paw-son
And it's been the ruin of so much E-B-M
And now I know I'm done!

--

Dr Andrew Booth BA Dip Lib MSc PhD MCLIP

Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice

Health Economics and Decision Science

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University of Sheffield

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