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Journalism Workshop on Evidence-Based Medicine

October 29, 2015 – October 31, 2015 EDT

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Journalists can always dig deeper – and here’s your opportunity to develop more evidence-based skills to evaluate and report on medical research sent out in press releases, published or presented at conferences.

With a roster of seasoned health journalists, medical research experts and statistical mavens, you can leave with story ideas and resources to pursue those stories.

Get instruction about:

  • Examining how science impacts policy – or not
  • Tapping into research tools
  • Making sense of statistics
  • Delving into fraudulent research
  • Understanding the evidence about screening
  • Finding the right questions about clinical studies

The workshop is Oct. 29 & 30 in Washington, D.C.
Follow along on Twitter with #AHCJEBM.

Workshop site

Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mt. Vernon Place NW
Washington, DC 20001

The workshop will take place on Street Level
Thursday – 143BC
Friday – 140AB – Welcome

Program

2-2:15 p.m.Welcome
– Karl Stark, assistant managing editor, business, health and science, The Philadelphia Inquirer		 
2:15-3:30 p.m.Getting up to speed on clinical studies
– Hilda Bastian, editor for clinical effectiveness resources, PubMed Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine
– Tara Haelle, AHCJ medical studies topic leader and independent journalist, Dunlap, Ill.		 
3:30-3:45 p.m.Break 
3:45-5 p.m.The connections and disconnections of science and policy
-Scott Hensley, writer and editor, NPR
-Kenneth Lin, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of family medicine and director, Primary Care Health Policy Fellowship, Georgetown University Department of Family Medicine; associate deputy editor, American Family Physician
-Paul K. Whelton, M.D., clinical professor of epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine		 
5-6:30 p.m.Reception
7:15-8:15 a.m.Breakfast available 
8:30-10:30 a.m.Research tools for evidence-based stories
-Kay Dickersin, Ph.D., director, U.S. Cochrane Center, John Wiley and Sons; director, Center for Clinical Trials, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
-Rob Logan, Ph.D., communication scientist, National Library of Medicine
-David Rind, M.D., vice president of editorial and evidence-based medicine, UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health		 
10:30-10:45 a.m.Break 
 
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
 
10:45 a.m. – Noon How to report on scientific fraud
-Ivan Oransky, M.D., vice president and global editorial director, MedPage Today; co-founder, Retraction Watch
-Charles Seife, journalism professor, New York University		 
Understanding and reporting on screening evidence
-Jennifer M. Croswell, M.D., M.P.H., medical officer, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Program, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
-Gary Schwitzer, publisher, HealthNewsReview.org		 
12:15-
1:15 p.m.		Networking lunch 
 
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
 
1:30-3 p.m. Digging into statistics
-William Lawrence, M.D., M.S., senior program officer, Communication and Dissemination Research, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute		 
How to use anecdotes and narratives while sticking to evidence
-Sarah Kliff, senior editor, VoxLiz Szabo, medical reporter, USA Today		 
3-3:15 p.m.Break 
3:15-4:15 p.m.Taking it home
-Jeanne Erdmann, independent journalist, Wentzville, Mo.
-Scott Hensley, writer and editor, NPR
-Maryn McKenna, independent journalist, Atlanta
-Ivan Oransky, M.D., vice president and global editorial director, MedPage Today; co-founder, Retraction Watch		 
4:15 p.m.Adjourn 

Hotels

AHCJ does not have a reserved block of rooms for this event. However, the front entrance of the Convention Center, the workshop venue, is the Mt. Vernon Square stop on the Green and Yellow Metro lines and close the the Gallery Place stop on the Red Line. You should be able to find rooms at one of the hotels listed in the below links.

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