Workshop to Critically Appraise Published Clinical Studies
Dear Colleagues,
We, the Special Interest Group (SIG) Early Career of the Swiss Society for Pulmonology, the Swiss Cardiologists of Tomorrow (SCOT) of the Swiss Society for Cardiology and the Swiss University
Institution of Traditional Chinese Medicine, cordially invite you to the 4th Statistics Course for beginners / refresher course for experienced researchers.
In parallel to the daily clinical routine, you have to read a lot of literature and understand it quickly. Medical studies influence the clinical practice, however, it can be challenging to extract and interpret the results of a publication correct, since most of the publications are written in a very complex way, making it not easy to critically appraise and compare them with other studies.
One obstacle for a quick and correct appraisal is to properly understand the structure of the study and the statistical methods used.
Since acquiring the basic principles of statistics is time-consuming – especially if you have to teach yourself – we cordially invite you to our 1-day training course.
The aim of the training are the acquisition of the basic principles of statistics, and to discuss them on recent publications. Ultimately, the course aims to allow you to critically appraise medical studies published in international journals.
Best regards
Simon Wespi
Präsident SIG Early Career
Michael Furian
Forschungsdirektor SWISS TCM UNI
Vorstandsmitglied SIG Early Career
Boldizsar Kovacs
Vorstandsmitglied SCOT
| Date: | 28. March 2024 |
| Location: | University Zurich, Careum EG Room 07 (online participation tbc) |
| Registration: | https://booking.congrex.com/Login.aspx?event=sig2024 |
| Registration Fee: | 50 CHF in-person; 30 CHF online |
| Credits: | SGP: 7 Credits |
| SIWF: 7 Credits |
Agenda
| 0900 | Welcome | |
| 0905 | SIG Early Career (Initiator of the Workshop) | S. Wespi / M. Furian |
| 0915 | Pyramid of evidence Randomized controlled trials Superiority, non-inferiority and equivalence trials Cohort studies Case-control studies Cross sectional studies | S. Haile, CH |
| 1045 | Defining trial endpoints N. | Benjamin, CH |
| 1130 | Lunch break | |
| 1300 | Hypothesis testing, p-values and confidence intervals | D. Bratton, UK |
| 1500 | Coffee break | |
| 1515 | Understanding and managing bias | S. Schwab, CH |
| 1615 | Critical review of randomized controlled trials (group) | D. Bratton, UK |
| 1730 | Closing remarks |
Speakers
Benjamin Nicola, MSc
University Hospital Heidelberg
Centre for pulmonary hypertension
Heidelberg
Germany
Bratton, Daniel, PhD
GlaxoSmithKline
Statistics
London
United Kingdom
Haile, Sarah, PhD
University of Zurich,
Department of Epidemiology
Zurich
Switzerland
Schwab, Simon, PhD
University of Zurich,
Department of Biostatistics / EBPI
Zurich
Switzerland
Organizers
Wespi, Simon, dipl.med.
SIG
Spitalverbund Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Heiden / Herisau
Switzerland
Furian, Michael, PhD
SWISS TCM UNI
Research Department
SIG
University Hospital Zurich,
Department of Pulmonology
Boldizsar Kovacs, MD
SCOT
University of Michigan
Michigan
US
Lechartier, Benoit, MD-PhD
SIG
CHUV Lausanne,
Service de pneumologie
Lausanne
Switzerland
Lichtblau, Mona, MD
SIG
University Hospital Zurich,
Department of Pulmonology
Zurich
Switzerland
Gaisl, Thomas, MD
SIG
University Hospital Zurich,
Department of Pulmonology
Zurich
Switzerland
