Agenda
2013 Course Overview
Our event takes a comprehensive look at CER/PCOR. We cover topics from the practical (grant writing and study design) to the political (how PCORI came to be, CER vs PCOR and stakeholder engagement) in an intimate environment where speaker/participant interaction is welcome and encouraged.
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Agenda Outline
Sunday (optional): In depth look at grant writing and proposal preparation
Monday: Welcome, political and scientific overview of CER and PCOR, comparative effectiveness reviews, confounding, dissemination and implementation
Tuesday: Methods, study design, risk scores, large data sets, propensity scoring and output analysis
Wednesday: Instrumental variables, output analysis, successful consumer and stakeholder engagement, harms
Follow-up Q&A webinar: Funding opportunities for CER
Highlighted Talks
(Subject to change)
- "Introduction to PCORI and Emerging Funding Opportunities" by Kerry Barnett, JD
- "Designing CER Studies that Reflect the Perspective of Patients, Clinicians and Payers" by Sean Tunis, MD, MSc
- "Methods for Comparative Effectiveness & Health Services Research" by Mark Helfand, MD, MS, MPH
- "Instrumental Variables" by Alan Brookhart, PhD
- "Designing Pragmatic Cohort Studies for Comparative Effectiveness" by Eric S. Johnson, PhD, MPH
- "Engaging Consumers and the Media in Comparisons" by John Santa, MD, MPH
