Workshops: 2 PM to 4 PM

Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy

Venue: Biostatistics Resource & Training Centre

Chairs: L. Jeyaseelan, Professor of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore; Sreekumaran Nair, Professor of Biostatistics, Manipal University, Manipal

Resource Persons:

Jonathan Deeks Convener, Cochrane Statistical Methods Group; Professor of Health Statistics, Dept. of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Rob Scholten Director, Dutch Cochrane Centre, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Clinical Trials Registration & Results Reporting The CONSORT Guidelines and Beyond

Venue: Community Health Training Centre Auditorium

Chairs: Peush Sahni, Editor, National Medical Journal of India, New Delhi; K Satyanarayana, Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Research, New Delhi; George Thomas, Editor-Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Chennai

Resource Persons:

Davina Ghersi WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, Geneva
Kay Dickersin Director, US Cochrane Center, Center for Clinical Trials, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
Peter Gøtzsche Director, The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Evidence Informed Health Policy

Venue: Centre for Stem Cell Research Auditorium

Chair: Professor V I Mathan, ICMR Chair of Epidemiology, National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai

Facilitators

Andy Oxman, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services, Oslo, Norway; Paul Garner, International Health Division, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes- Bridging the Evidence- Practice Gap

Venue:Senate Hall; Carman Block

Chairs: Abraham Peedicayil, Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Korula George, Professor and Head, Reproductive Medicine Unit, Christian Medical Colege, Vellore

Resource persons

Steve McDonald Deputy Director, Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Monash University, Australia
Sally Green Director, Australasian Cochrane Centre, Convener Cochrane Handbook Advisory Group; Monash University, Australia
Pisake Lumbiganon Director, Thai Cochrane Network, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Evidence for consumers of health care and the media

Venue: SACN/CMC CREST conference room; Centre for Stem Cell Research

Chairs: Shoba Iyer, Coordinator, Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group, Chennai

Resource persons

Janet Wale Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network; Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Liz Whamond Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network; Canadian Breast Cancer Network, New Brunswick, Canada
Gerd Antes Director, German Cochrane Centre, Dept. Med. Biometry & Statistics, University Medical Centre, Freiburg, Germany

The Cochrane Library and EBM resources

Venue: Seminar room; Centre for Stem Cell Research

Chairs: Sukdev Singh, Indian Medlars Centre, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi; Sridharan Ramratnam, Consultant Neurologist and coordinator, SACN site at the Ramratnam Epilepsy Foundation, The Nerve Centre, Chennai

Resource persons

Deborah Pentesco- Gilbert Publisher, The Cochrane Library, Associate Editorial Director, Wiley – Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. UK
Ruth Foxlee Trials Search Coordinator, Cochrane Wounds Group, Health Sciences, University of York, UK

Introduction to Evidence Based Health Practice

Venue: Scudder Auditorium

Chairs: Meenu Singh, Professor of Paediatrics and Coordinator, SACN site at PGIMER, Chandigarh; Omar Rahman, Pro-Vice Chancellor and coordinator, SACN site at the Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Resource persons

Donna Gilles Western Sydney Area Mental Health Service, Cumberland Hospital, NSW, Australia
Narelle Willis Managing Editor, Cochrane Renal Group, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia
Hans van der Wouden Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Netherlands