Meetings & Workshops

IMPACT NETWORK WORKSHOP
PRELIMINARY NOTICE AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Saturday 18 April and Sunday 19 April, 2009
Vibe Hotel
7 Kitchener Drive
Darwin City Waterfront, NT

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The IMPACT (Interdisciplinary Maternal Perinatal Australasian Clinical Trials) NETWORK, within the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, is dedicated to the improvement of maternal and perinatal health by the promotion of appropriately designed randomised controlled trials (RCTs), and dissemination and application of their results.

Venue: Vibe Hotel, 7 Kitchener Drive, Darwin City Waterfront, NT.
Cost   : $77.00 (Incl GST)

MAIN WORKSHOPS THEMES

Saturday 18 April 2009, 13.30 – 17.00.

Session 1: 13.30 – 14.30: Presentations of trials in the planning stages

Session 2: 15.00 – 17.00: Presentations of trials in the planning stages

Investigators are invited to present their trials for discussion and input by workshop participants. IMPACT workshops are designed to facilitate the presentation and discussion of trials that are at the planning stage. See below for details of how to submit an abstract

Sunday 19th April 2009, 08.30-13.00.

Session 3: Workshop – Participating in Clinical Trials –What you never knew!
Workshop led by Prof Stewart Dunn – This dynamic facilitation will raise skills and challenge beliefs about the underlying processes by which we invite participation in clinical trials.

Cochrane work-in : Sunday 1330- 1700

The IMPACT workshop will be followed by a Cochrane Work-in. The work-in provides and opportunity for Cochrane authors to progress their Cochrane review titles, protocols, and reviews with the support of experienced reviewers. For further details please contact Philippa Middleton: philippa.middleton@adelaide.edu.au  Phone 08 8161 7612

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION: 6 FEB. 2009

An invitation is extended to investigators wishing to present either an oral or a poster presentation at the IMPACT Workshop, on a planned trial for input and discussion by IMPACT Workshop Participants. Oral presentations are 15 minutes total duration with 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion. Computer projection facilities will be available at all sessions and are the preferred format. ABSTRACT FORMAT: Abstracts for oral or poster presentations should be in 11 point, Arial font and fit on a single A4 page with margins of 2 cm on all edges, single-spaced and fully justified. Email to klevett@med.usyd.edu.au 

For further information about the IMPACT Workshop contact: Jodie Dodd (IMPACT Committee Chair) joddie.dodd@adelaide.edu.au ; or Kate Levett (Communications Officer) klevett@med.usyd.edu.au

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