Dear Colleagues,

The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine is holding the 2008 Oxford
Workshop on Evidence-Based Diagnostics 21st - 23rd July 2008 at St.
Anne's College, Oxford.

This workshop is open to clinicians and laboratory staff who are
interested in how to improve their, and others' usage and
interpretation of diagnostic tests. It will be of particular
interest to those whose work is largely in diagnostics, such as those
working in laboratory medicine and radiology

The workshop is aimed at giving a thorough grounding in standard and
new methods in diagnostic research methods, including the appraisal
of diagnostic accuracy studies and systematic reviews of diagnostic
studies. After the workshop, participants should be able to:

1. Formulate answerable diagnostic questions

2. Search effectively for evidence on diagnostics

3. Critically apprise evidence about diagnostic accuracy or impact
and assess it for its validity and applicability

4. Understand basic measures of accuracy such as sensitivity,
specificity, likelihood ratios, and ROC statistics

5. Understand the basics of diagnostic meta-analysis and decision
analysis.

Facilitators on the workshop include Prof. Paul Glasziou, Director of
the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Prof. Chris Price, Visiting
Professor in Clinical Biochemistry, University of Oxford and Prof.
Jon Deeks, Professor of Health Statistics, University of Birmingham.

For further information visit www.cebm.net where you can download an
application form or apply on line, or contact me directly.

All good wishes,

Olive

Olive Goddard
Centre and Editorial Manager
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Department of Primary Health Care
Old Road Campus, Headington
Oxford, OX3 7LF
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