Prognosis: risk prediction for health outcomes
September 15th - 17th 2004
Risk stratification ...League tables...Case mix...Risk adjustment...
Intense interest in prognosis arises when the outcomes of individual
surgeons are compared. However issues of risk stratification, case-mix
adjustment, and the nature of prognostic enquiry in general, apply to
all facets of medicine, including primary care. Historically research
into prognostic questions has been neglected by comparison with research
into diagnosis and treatment.
The Research & Development Directorate, UCLH Trust in collaboration with
the Departments of Statistical Science, and Epidemiology and Public
Health, UCL is offering one of the first courses in the UK devoted to
teaching the principles of analysis in prognostic research. Building on
a track record of successful teaching (Practical Statistics in Medical
Research), this course is offered by experts in epidemiology, statistics
and clinical medicine.
This course is relevant to all health care professionals who make
prognoses, applied statisticians and epidemiologists who study
prognosis, and policy makers who judge prognosis.
With lectures, small group seminars and computer practicals, the course
will provide you with the knowledge and skills to tackle your own
prognostic questions. Full course materials are provided.
Faculty:
Dr Harry Hemingway, Dr Rumana Omar, Dr Gareth Ambler,
Dr Connie Junghans, Dr Julie Barber, Professor Patrick Royston
Course fee:
£225 (for academics and NHS employees), £300 for others
Please contact:
Sima Kazemzadeh
Prognostic Epidemiology Group
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
UCL Medical School
1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT
Tel: 020 7150 8167
Email: [log in to unmask]
The course outline is available at www.ucl.ac.uk/peg/courses.htm
This course is awarded 15 CPD points by the Royal College of Physicians
and 16 CPD points by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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