THE IMPACT NETWORK

Interdisciplinary Maternal Perinatal Australasian Clinical Trials

 

Meetings & Workshops

IMPACT NETWORK WORKSHOP
PRELIMINARY NOTICE AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Saturday 27 March and Sunday 28 March, 2010
Wellington Convention Centre

111 Wakefield Street,

Wellington

New Zealand

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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:
Wellington Convention Centre, 111 Wakefield Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Cost   : $AUD 77.00 (Incl GST)

Main WORKSHOP THEME:

Optimising clinical research & dissemination

 

Saturday 27th March 2010, 13.00 – 17.00.

Session 1:      13.00 – 14.30:  Cochrane Perinatal and Neonatal Reviews

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 28th March 2010, 08.30-13.00.

Session 3:      08.30 – 10.30:  Presentations of trials in the planning stages

Session4 :       11.00 – 13.00:  Workshop – Recruiting the recruiters – how to recruit centres to a multi centre trial

Workshops led by the Australian satellites of the Cochrane Neonatal and Pregnancy and Childbirth Groups and the WOMBAT Collaboration.

Cochrane work-in :  Sunday afternoon

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. 2010 

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 abstracts to Peter Davies at ps.davies@uq.edu.au  

For further information about the IMPACT Workshop contact:

Dr Jane Alsweiler (IMPACT Committee Chair) JAlsweiler@adhb.govt.nz  or

Coila Bevan (Communications Officer) coilab@adhb.govt.nz  


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