Tuesday 13 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - The philosophy of medicine and its historical background
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Tuesday 20 October 2015 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - Epistemology in the philosophy of medicine
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Tuesday 27 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - The epistemic status of randomized trials versus observational studies
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Tuesday 3 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - Causal inference in randomized controlled trials
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Tuesday 10 November 2015 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - What good is randomization in Randomized Controlled Trials?
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Tuesday 17 November 2015 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - Investigating the epistemic role of ‘mechanisms’ within biomedicine
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Tuesday 24 November 2015 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - The ethics and epistemology of placebos
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Tuesday 1 December 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine: current state and future directions
  Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Topics in the philosophy of medicine

Monday 27 March 2017 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - Debate: Are mechanisms required to establish treatment effects?
  Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Evidence-Based Health Care Programme

Wednesday 3 May 2017 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Modifying patients’ expectations to improve treatment outcomes: Insights into an easy-to-implement and cost-effective intervention
  Entrance on a first come first served basis, so please arrive 15 minutes early to guarantee a seat
  Katja Wiech (University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)

Thursday 1 March 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 10:30 - Why every healthcare consultation needs a dose of empathy
  Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences Seminars

Wednesday 24 October 2018 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 11:00 - Ethox and WEH Seminar - The ethics and epistemology of nocebo effects in trials, and what to do about it
  Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
  Ethox Centre Seminars

Wednesday 19 June 2019 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Peter Gøtzsche on fighting conflicts of interest in medicine
  Professor Peter Gøtzsche

Wednesday 9 March 2016 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:30 - Medicine is not about curing, but predicting disease
  Dr Alex Broadbent (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

Tuesday 24 October 2017 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 10:00 - Oxford Empathy Programme International Colloquium
  TBA

Wednesday 19 June 2019 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Peter Gøtzsche on fighting conflicts of interest in medicine
  Professor Peter Gøtzsche