Worcester College, Oxford
Second day of three days of diagnostic evidence workshops organised by the National Institute for Health Research Community Healthcare Medtech and In vitro diagnostics Co-operative (MIC).
Aimed at all involved in diagnostic tests including people working in industry, academia, research funding and regulatory affairs.
Topics covered include how to obtain regulatory approval, how NICE evaluates new diagnostic technology, how to collect evidence to support adoption in routine clinical practice and different study designs, cost effectiveness analysis and statistical methods for evaluating diagnostic accuracy.
The day 2 workshop aims to explain how cost-effective analysis of diagnostic tests is conducted and used in the research, development and evaluation of diagnostics. It is aimed at those involved in the development and evaluation of diagnostics, in both academic and commercial settings.
Day 1 content – introduction to evaluation of diagnostics
Day 3 content – statistical methods for diagnostic accuracy in medical research