Centre for Biostatistics Seminar - A random walk through outcomes based research for healthcare
| Dates: | 14 October 2019 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 15:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| Speaker: | Professor Jamie Kirkham |
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Our next seminar talk is at 2pm on Monday 14 Oct, in Room 2.327 Jean McFarlane Building. Professor Jamie Kirkham will be speaking.
Title: A random walk through outcomes based research for healthcare
Abstract: Randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews of trials examine evidence of safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness of interventions to provide guidance and recommendations to support decisions about treatment. Such evidence-based decisions rely on an unbiased summary of the study results. However, research has shown that there are a series of biases that may affect the validity of the medical literature. This talk will take the audience on a journey through some of these issues, with Jamie as the guide on a random walk through the evidence. We will explore some of the empirical evidence of the biases that exist, and the potential statistical and non-statistical solutions to these problems.
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Room 2.327
Jean McFarlane Building
Oxford Rd
Manchester
