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| Organized by the Section of Epidemiology |
| Registration Fee: € 50 |
To register, please click here |
| Target: European clinical investigators, interested in non-randomised studies (observational and quasi-experimental studies). |
| Aims of the course: This is the first part of a course, aimed at gaining better understanding of design of experiments and analytical aspects of non-randomised clinical studies. The course will be interactive, alternating theory with practical exercises. Next year the course will deal with case-control studies, matching, nested designs. |
| DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF NON-RANDOMISED STUDIES: PART I |
| 10:00 | REGISTRATION |
| 10:30 | INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
L. Gagliardi, Secretary, Section of Epidemiology, Viareggio, Italy |
| 10:40 | THOUGHTS ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH: THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUND STUDY DESIGN N. Paneth, Michigan, USA |
| 11:20 | DEALING WITH BIAS AND CONFOUNDING IN COHORT STUDIES A. Ness, Bristol, UK |
| 11:50 | HOW TO MEASURE RISK; RISK-ADJUSTMENT; PROPENSITY SCORES L. Gagliardi, Viareggio, Italy |
| 12:45 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:30 | PREDICTING THE OUTCOME: SENSITIVITY, SPECIFICITY, ROC CURVES. THE EXAMPLE OF BRONCHIOLITIS IN PRETERM INFANTS D. Virella, Lisbon, Portugal, L. Gagliardi, Viareggio, Italy |
| 14:30 | METAANALYSIS P. Truffert, Lille, France, R Bellù, Lecco, Italy |
| 15:30 | GENERAL DISCUSSION |
| 16:30 | CLOSING REMARKS |
