Fake surgeries & dummy pills - control for bias and study design in trials on treatment efficacy in chronic pain

In this talk Karolina will present various types of study design she has used in trials of treatments for chronic pain. Karolina will also discuss why blinding is important and why a placebo control may be necessary, even in surgical trials.

This talk is being held as part of the Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods module which is part of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care.

This is a free even and member of the public are welcome to attend.

Date: 11 June 2018, 17:30 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2018)
Venue:
Rewley House
1-7 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
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Speaker: Karolina Wartolowska (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department for Continuing Education
Organiser: Robin Beachy (University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education)
Part of: Evidence-Based Health Care Programme
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://fakesurgeries-dummypills.eventbrite.co.uk/
Cost: FREE
Audience: Public
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- Oxford Neuroscience Seminar List
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