DRUGO OBAVJEŠTENJE
U organizaciji Katedre za epidemiologiju i biostatistiku Medicinskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Sarajevu, od 15. do 20. marta 2010. godine održat će se 5-dnevni kurs na temu:
"How to develop systematic review and meta-analysis: a practical, hands-on course in the evidence-based medicine methods"
Predavači na Kursu će biti renomirani svjetski stručnjaci iz oblasti kliničke medicine, epidemiologije i biostatistike:
- prof. dr Benjamin Đulbegović, University of South Florida, SAD
- prof. dr Iztok Hozo, Indiana University Northwest, SAD
- prof. dr Semra Čavaljuga, Medicinski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
Predavanja će se održati na engleskom i bosanskom jeziku.
Cijena kursa je 1.000KM za učesnike iz BiH, odnosno 600 EUR-a za učesnike iz inostranstva i za pravna i za fizička lica.
U cijenu je uračunat kompletan nastavni materijal zajedno sa specifičnim software-ima koji će se koristiti, kao i osvježenje za sve učesnike. Planirano je da nastava svaki dan počinje u 9:00 i traje do 17:00. Ukupno trajanje kursa je 40 sati. Preliminarni program kursa je u produžetku ovog obavještenja.
Po završetku kursa, svaki učesnik će dobiti Certifikat o učešću izdat od strane Medicinkog fakulteta Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
Obzirom da je interesovanje za ovaj kurs izrazilo mnogo više potencijalnih kandidata nego što ima raspoloživih mjesta, predlažemo da uplatu školarine za kurs izvršite u dvije jednake rate tako što će te prvu ratu uplatiti do 15.2. 2010, a drugu do početka kursa.
Uplate treba izvršiti na žiro račun Medicinskog fakulteta: 3389002208183767, svrha: kurs EBM, a kopije uplatnica poslati na faks: (00387 33) 259 780 ili skenirati i poslati mailom na:
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Uplate iz inostranstva:
UniCredit Bank Sarajevo
Adress: Zelenih beretki br 24 , 71000 Sarajevo
Account holder: Medicinski fakultet Sarajevo
Account number: 19000154001
SWIFT: UNCRBA22AXXX
IBAN/BIC: BA393389002208183767
"How to develop systematic review and meta-analysis: a practical, hands-on course in the evidence-based medicine methods"
- preliminary programme
Sarajevo, 15 - 20 March, 2010
Course directors: Drs. Ben Djulbegovic, Iztok Hozo and Semra Cavaljuga
Day 1
1. Introduction (9:00-9:15 am) (SC)
2. Introduction to systematic reviews/meta-analysis (SR/MA) (9:15-10:15 am) (BD)
3. Break 10:15-10:30 am
1. Bias in therapeutic research (BD) (10:30 am-12:00 am)
2. Lunch (12- 1:00 pm)
3. Small group sessions: assessing the risk of bias in individual studies (SC, IH, BD) (1:00 pm to 3:00 pm)
- risk of bias tool/sheet; GRADE method
4. Break (3:00- 3:15 pm)
4. Searching for studies (RCTs) (3:15- 4:00 pm) (BD
5. Small Group Exercises: searching for RCTs (I) (4:00 to 5:00 pm) (SC, IH, BD)
Day 2
1. Small Group Exercises: searching for RCTs (I:) (8:30 am to 9:45 am) (SC, IH, BD)
2. Break (9:45 am- 10:00 am)
4. Statistical methods (I) (IH) (10:00 am- 12:00 am)
- overview of summary statistics & measures of uncertainty (mean, median, range, SD, SE, CI)
- overview of type of medical data (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)
-dichotomous/categorical, continuous, time-to-event
5. Lunch break (12-1:00 pm)
6. Summary effect measures (IH & BD) (1:00-3:00 pm)
- OR, RR, RRR, HR, ARD, NNT, NNH
7. Small Group Exercises: extracting summary data from individual studies (SC, IH, BD) (3 pm- 5:00 pm)
- using actual research papers
- the goal is to extract data that will be useful for meta-analysis [e.g. dichotomous data (numerator/denominator), time-to-event (HR -Parmar method), continuous data (mean and SD); how to convert SD into SE, median into mean
- the final goal of this exercise is to understand the need to extract summary data and its accompanying uncertainty (effect measure + SE)
Day 3
1. Statistical methods (II) (IH) (9:00 am -12:00 am) (with 15 minutes break)
- summing it up (data pooling)
- MH, IV, Peto
-FEM vs. REM
- tests of heterogeneity (Q, I2)
- tests of interactions between subgroups
- frequentist vs. Bayesian (quick overview)
- indirect meta-analysis? (quick overview)
2. Lunch break (12:00 - 1:00 pm)
3. Preparing Title (BD) (1:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
4. Small Group Exercises: Preparing Titles (SC, IH, BD) (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
5. Break (2:30 pm- 2:45 pm)
6. Preparing Protocol (BD) (Introduction to REVMAN) (2:45- 3:45 pm)
7. Small Group Exercises: Preparing Protocols (I) (SC, IH, BD) (3:45 pm - 5:00 pm)
Day 4
1. Small Group Exercises: Preparing Protocols (II) (SC, IH, BD) (8:30 am - 12:00 am) (with 15 min break)
2. Lunch break (12:00 - 1:00 pm)
3. Preparing SR (Introduction to REVMAN) (BD) (1:00- 2:00 pm)
4. Small Group Exercises: Preparing Systematic Review/Meta-analysis (SR/MA) (I) (SC, IH, BD) (2:00 pm- 5:00 pm) (with 15 min break)
Day 5
1. Small Group Exercises: Preparing SR/MA (II) (SC, IH, BD) (8:3 am- 12:00 pm) (with 15 min break)
- assessing quality of SR (AMSTAR)
2. Lunch break (12:00 - 1:00 pm)
3. Small Group Exercises: Preparing SR/MA (III) (SC, IH, BD) (1:00 pm- 4:00 pm) (with 15 min break)
- create evidence profiles using GRADEPro
- sensitivity/subgroup analysis
4. From evidence to decision-making (BD) (4:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
Day 6 (tentative) (depending on the level of interest)
Small Group Exercises: Preparing SR/MA (IV) (SC, IH, BD) (all day with breaks)
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