Raising the standards of publication and research in infection control studies and outbreak reports
'How to use a CONSORT equivalent for your conference abstract, your paper, your grant or your general reading'
A one-day workshop, organised by the Infectious Disease Research Network, University College London, and the Health Protection Agency
This workshop is interactive, involving a mixture of talks and small group discussion.
Date: Thursday 13 May 2010
Location: 52 Club, Gower Street, central London
Cost - Just £35.09 per delegate
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It is acknowledged that the standard of much infection control research and publication needs to be raised in order to base policy and practice on a robust evidence base. This CONSORT equivalent statement for such studies seeks to raise the standard of research and publication in the field. It has been jointly published by Lancet ID and JAC, and shorter training workshops have been given at regional SpR level in London, and for the Federation of Infection Societies.
Previous workshops have concentrated on infection control intervention and antibioitc management intervention studies. It is intended that this workshop will give participants two infection control/antibiotic stewardship papers (one ORION compliant and one not) to assess using the ORION checklist and working in small groups, then feeding back. They will also be given two outbreak reports to assess.
We have also developed an abbreviated checklist to use to assess abstracts submitted to academic meetings, and its use is being proposed by the chair of the scientific committee for the SHEA (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) 2011 conference. We will therefore use this workshop to give participants the chance to assess abstracts from SHEA and ECCMID and FIS meetings using the checklist, and consider using the results to publish a report making the case for such abstract guidelines in this field.
See also the ORION webpage.
Aims of workshop
1. to familiarise participants with the ORION statement (Guidelines for transparent reporting of Outbreak Reports & Intervention studies Of Nosocomial Infection)
2. to help participants identify strengths & weaknesses in reporting of nosocomial outbreak reports and infection control and antimicrobial stewardship intervention studies
3. To help participants assess and design such studies or reports whether acting as
- critical reader
- researcher
- grant applicant or referee
- referee for journals
- author or reviewer of an abstract for a meeting
Registration
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Cost
£35.09 per delegate (one flat rate for all delegates)
Venue
The 52 Club
Bonham Carter House
52 Gower Street
London WC1E 6EB
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Nearest tubes are Goodge Street, Warren Street, Euston Square and Russell Square. Nearest overland train stations are Euston and Kings Cross.
Payment information
If you pay by cheque, please make them payable to 'University College London' and sent to Cherry Constantine, Department of Primary Care & Population Sciences, UCL - Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF.
During the registration process, you will be asked to specify your chosen payment method. If you select bank transfer, we will email you instructions on how to do this.
You can also pay by credit card (UK delegates only), by downloading a credit card form, and faxing it to us. For this form, and detailed information on payments, please click here.
Nearby accommodation
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Contact the IDRN
Please direct queries to either Cherry Constantine, c.constantine@ucl.ac.uk or Michael Head, mhead@idrn.org , or phone 020 7830 2239.