EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SURGICAL PRACTICE
Royal College of Surgeons of England
London, 28-29 June, 2001
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A FUTURE FOR SURGICAL RESEARCH?
Thursday 28 June 2001
A conference on how surgical research can answer basic clinical questions: does it work, for whom and at what cost?
Aim of the conference:
To introduce surgeons and professionals allied to surgery to the concepts and methods of health services research.
To stimulate professionals working in the field of surgery to participate in research into clinical and cost effectiveness.
See below for more information.
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CLINICAL GUIDELINES IN SURGERY
Friday 29 June 2001
Invited lectures and free presentations on how clinical guidelines can help to improve the quality of surgical care.
Abstracts for free presentations are invited before 4 May 2001
Aim of the conference:
To discuss the role of guidelines to improve the quality of surgical care.
To stimulate the use and production of guidelines in surgery.
See below for more information.
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Conference fee:
Register before 4 May 2001: £150 for one day, £250 for two days
Register after 4 May 2001: £200 for one day, £300 for two days
For registration and abstract form contact:
Sally Williams, Clinical Effectiveness Unit, The Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE
tel: 020 7869 6600; fax: 020 7869 6644; email:[log in to unmask]
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EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SURGICAL PRACTICE
A FUTURE FOR SURGICAL RESEARCH?
Thursday 28 June 2001
Theme of the conference:
There is growing pressure on the surgical community to account for the care they deliver. It should be safe, effective and good value for money.
New technologies have to be evaluated before they can be introduced into practice. Existing practices should be scrutinised to see whether their use is still based on the evidence of today.
This conference will show how successful surgical research can answer basic clinical questions: does it work, for whom, at what costs?
Preliminary Programme
Chair: Sir Michael Peckham, London
Does it work? Generating the evidence
Early laparoscopy in the management of acute non-specific abdominal pain (M Rhodes, Norwich)
Early surgery compared with watchful waiting for glue ear (R Maw, Bristol)
Laparoscopic versus open repair of groin hernia (J O'Dwyer, Glasgow)
Surgery for colorectal cancer in elderly patients PD Simmonds, Southampton)
Chair: To be confirmed
For Whom? Weighing benefits and harm
Prophylactic replacement of defective heart valve prostheses (JHP van der Meulen, London)
Prediction of benefit from carotid endarterectomy in individual patients (PM Rothwell, Oxford)
At what costs? Weighing health outcomes and costs
Cost effectiveness of elective early surgery for small abdominal aortic aneurysms (JT Powell, Coventry)
To be confirmed
Forum discussion led by Sir Miles Irving, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Clinical research in surgery: overcoming the problems, meeting the expectations
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EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SURGICAL PRACTICE
CLINICAL GUIDELINES IN SURGERY
Friday 29 June 2001
Theme of the conference:
Clinical guidelines can help surgeons and their patients make decisions based on the best available evidence.
A large number of guidelines are being used in practice, but only a few are based on an explicit synthesis of the clinical evidence. An important question is, therefore, how can you tell if a guideline is valid?
Many other questions remain. Who should be involved in the production of guidelines, and what should be the role of the clinician and the patient? How can we close the gap between evidence and practice recommendations? How can we make sure that guidelines are followed?
Preliminary Programme
Chair: M Emberton, London
Invited lectures
Creating guidelines using evidence (J Grimshaw, Aberdeen)
Using consensus (N Black, London)
Free Presentations
Invited lectures
Commissioning guidelines (P Littlejohns, London)
Getting guidelines used (Sir Miles Irving, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Learning from non-surgical specialties (A Oxman, Oslo)
Response and discussion led by Joe Collier, London
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