Events

Event: Evidence for policy, practice and personal decisions
March 2009 – 4 one-day workshops – EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
This course will enable participants to conduct and use research collaboratively, in order to promote change for better health, education or well-being. This course is available as stand-alone or as part of the MSc in Evidence for Public Policy and Practice. Click here to read more.

Event: Methods for Research Synthesis
May 2009 – 4 one-day workshops – EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
This course will enable participants to learn methods for conducting academic or policy-relevant research. This course is available as stand-alone or as part of the MSc in Evidence for Public Policy and Practice. Click here to read more.

Event: 5th International Conference of Evidence Based Health Care Teachers and Developers: Models of practice in hospital and primary care
28th October – 1st November 2009 – Taormina, Italy
Meet teachers and developers from around the world in a 3-day program aimed at anyone involved in teaching or developing evidence-based health care. Click here for more information.

Event: Health impact assessment training course
8th – 12th June 2009 – Liverpool
This 5 day course is being run by the University of Liverpool and IMPACT – the international health impact assessment consortium, and costs £795 or £700 if received before 31st March 2009. Course content includes:

• Understanding HIA
• Methods
• Procedures
• Evaluation
• Prioritisation
• Making it happen

Click here for more information.

Event: International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care
17th – 20th March 2009 – Berlin, Germany
The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care is now in its 14th successful year, with conferences held at different locations around the world since 1996. The forum is presented by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and BMJ Group. Major themes this year include:

• Patient safety
• Transforming whole health systems
• Improving both cost and quality
• Improvement methods
• Training young health professionals and existing staff in quality improvement

To view the full program and to register online, click here.