Pharmacoepidemiology 2016 is a seminar dedicated to the basic principles of Pharmacoepidemiology and their practical application.
Pharmacoepidemiology 2016 covers topics such as:
- Study designs and uses of Observational studies in Pharmacovigilance?
- What designs are best for which question
- Why might we need observational research in pharmacovigilance
- Origins of epidemiology and basic principles
- Some practical applications of pharmacoepidemiology
- Where pharmacoepidemiology fits in
- Data Sources and Data Linkage
- One study or separate studies
- UK, Europe, USA and the rest of the world
- Important Factors
- Data Mining?
- Sample size
- N of 1
- Non drug safety P-epi
- P-economics
- Drug utilisation
- Real world
- Bias and confounding?
- Bias - have we made a systematic error
- Validity - internal and external
- Confounding - what else might have caused the result
- Case Study
Pharmacoepidemiology 2016 brings together attendees from:
- Drug information and regulatory affairs departments
- Pharmacovigilance departments
- Pharmacovigilance personnel working at regulatory agencies
- Drug safety officers and pharmaceutical physicians