The 5th NMA course - 'How to understand, appraise and write a network meta-analysis' - takes place on 2-4 July 2018 at the University of Oxford.
Full programme:
DAY 1 - Monday 2nd July
9.00 Registration (coffee, tea and biscuits)
9.30 Welcome and introduction to Day 1 – Andrea Cipriani
10.00 Introduction to meta-analysis, indirect comparisons and mixed-treatment comparisons (theory, practice) – Orestis Efthimiou
11.15 Break (coffee, tea and biscuits)
11:30 Assumptions underlying indirect comparisons (theory, discussion) – Georgia Salanti
13.00 Lunch
14.00 How to frame the research question in NMA (theory) – Stefan Leucht
15.30 Break (coffee, tea and biscuits)
15.45 How to frame the research question in NMA (practice) - Andrea Cipriani
17.30 Housekeeping stuff for STATA and R tutorial (handout) – Orestis Efthimiou & Georgia Salanti
17.45 End
DAY 2 – Tuesday 3rd July
9.00 Introduction to Day 2 (and catching up) – Andrea Cipriani
9.30 Understanding statistical analyses in NMA – Orestis Efthimiou
10:30 Protocol for NMA – Toshi Furukawa
11.15 Break (coffee, tea and biscuits)
11.30 Parallel session I: How to present the results of NMA – Andrea Cipriani
Parallel session II: Performing NMA with STATA - Orestis Efthimiou & Toshi Furukawa
Parallel session III: Performing NMA with R - Georgia Salanti
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Evaluating the confidence in NMA: the CINeMA framework – Georgia Salanti
15.30 Break (coffee, tea and biscuits)
15.45 Practical with the free web application CINeMA – Georgia Salanti
17.30 End
18.45 Gala Dinner (Oriel College - Oxford)
DAY 3 - Wednesday 4th July
8.30 Introduction to Day 3 (and catching up) – Andrea Cipriani
9.00 How to write the NMA manuscript and reply to peer reviewers’ comments– Andrea Cipriani
10.30 Break (coffee, tea and biscuits)
11.00 Presentation/discussion of new NMA projects designed by course delegates – All
12.30 Who wants to be a network meta-analyst? Final Quiz - Georgia Salanti
13.15 Lunch
14.00 Regulatory implications of NMA – Huseyin Naci
15.00 Final address and “take home” messages – Andrea Cipriani
15.30 “Special lecture” - Matthias Egger
16.30 Adjourn
For more information, please contact: sarah.atkinson@psych.ox.ac.uk or +44 (0)1865 618330