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Programme
A draft agenda and indicative timetable for the five-day Summer School are given below. Our flyer can be downloaded here.
Day 1 – Monday, 20th July 2020: Introduction to EBPH and complexity
| 08.30-09.00 |
Coffee – registration |
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| 09.00-10.00 |
Welcome |
Prof Eva Rehfuess, Prof Dan Pope |
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Opening of Summer School |
Prof Annette Peters and Prof Manfred Wildner as representatives of the Pettenkofer School of Public Health |
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Overview and introductions |
Prof Eva Rehfuess, LMU Munich |
| 10.00-11.00 |
What is Evidence Based Public Health? |
Prof Eva Rehfuess |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Coffee break |
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| 11.30-12.30 |
Asking "the right" questions and developing "the right" evidence to inform Public Health policy and action: Group Exercise |
Prof Dan Pope, University of Liverpool |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-15.00 |
Complexity in interventions and systems |
Prof Eva Rehfuess |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Coffee break |
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| 15.30-17.00 |
Practice session: Evaluating a "complex intervention"
Case study: The community-based newborn care package in Nepal |
Prof Eva Rehfuess |
| 17.00-17:30 |
Reflections on day 1 |
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| 18.30 |
Leave Summer School venue for scenic walk to restaurant (optional) |
to be confirmed |
Day 2 – Tuesday, 21st July 2020: Systematic Reviews – Part 1
| 09.00-10:30 |
Formulating questions and developing search strategies |
Mr Jacob Burns |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:00-12:30 |
Practice session: Conducting searches in Medline and devising a simple search strategy
Case study: to be confirmed |
Mr Jacob Burns and others |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-15:00 |
Extracting data and assessing the risk of bias of randomised and non-randomised studies |
Prof Dan Pope |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15.30-17.00 |
Practice session: Assessing the risk of bias of a non-randomised/randomised study
Case study: to be confirmed |
Prof Dan Pope, Mr Jake Burns and others |
| 17.00-17.30 |
Reflections on Day 2 |
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Day 3 – Wednesday, 22nd July 2020: Systematic reviews – Part 2
| 09.00-10:30 |
Synthesising evidence through meta-analysis and other approaches and addressing heterogeneity |
Prof Dan Pope |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11.00-12.30 |
Practice session: Using statistical software to conduct meta-analyses (RevMan)
Case study: Household air pollution and risk of low birth weight and stillbirth |
Prof Dan Pope, Mr Jake Burns and others |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-14.30 |
Scoping reviews, evidence maps and overviews of systematic reviews |
Dr Ani Movsisyan |
| 15:00-17.30 |
Munich guided public health walk |
Weisser Stadtvogel |
Day 4 – Thursday, 23rd July 2020: Systematic Reviews – Part 3
| 09.00-10.30 |
Assessing the certainty of evidence using the GRADE approach |
Prof Eva Rehfuess |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11.00-12.30 |
Practice session: Applying the GRADE approach to a systematic review of a public health intervention
Case study: Environmental interventions to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages |
Prof Eva Rehfuess, Dr Jan Stratil and Dr Ani Movsisyan |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-15.00 |
Impact of systematic reviews on public health policy
Case study: Cochrane review of deworming drugs for soil-transmitted intestinal worms in children |
Prof David Taylor-Robinson, University of Liverpool |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Coffee break |
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| 15.30-17.00 |
Systematic reviews beyond effectiveness: qualitative and mixed-method approaches (including an overview of GRADE CERQual)
Case study: to be confirmed |
Dr Ani Movsisyan |
| 17.00-17:30 |
Reflections on Days 3 and 4 |
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| 19.00 |
Summer School dinner |
to be confirmed |
Day 5 – Friday, 24th July 2020: From evidence to policy
| 09.00-10:00 |
Knowledge translation: Models, theories and evidence on what works |
Dr Lisa Pfadenhauer |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Example: Integrated knowledge translation as applied in CEBHA+ |
Dr Kerstin Sell and Dr Lisa Pfadenhauer |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11.00-12.00 |
Guideline development and other structured decision-making processes |
Dr Jan Stratil |
| 12.00-12.30 |
Example: The WHO-INTEGRATE framework in the context of WHO guidelines |
Dr Jan Stratil |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-15.00 |
A Bavarian perspective on decision-making in public health |
Prof Manfred Wildner, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority |
| 15.00-16.00 |
Closing of Summer School |
Prof Eva Rehfuess, Prof Dan Pope |
