September 24-27, 2008 (Paris, France)

Course venue:Faculté de médicine Pierre et Marie Curie Bâtiment universitaire 27, rue Chaligny 75751 PARIS 12e - France  Registration form

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Organising Committee

Isabella Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)
Bo Lundback (Stockholm, Sweden)

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Faculty

Josep M. Anto (Barcelona, Spain)
Per Sigvald Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
Peter Burney (London, UK)
Donald A. Enarson (Paris, France)
Francesco Forastiere (Rome, Italy)
Jouni J.K. Jaakkola (Birmingham, UK)
Christer Janson (Uppsala, Sweden)
David Moreau (Paris, France)
Kjell O. Toren (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Giovanni Viegi (Pisa, Italy)

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Educational Aims

  There will be four main elements in the course:

• didactic presentations of epidemiological principles;
• practical exercises in evaluation and critical review;
• hands-on experience of data entry, checking and statistical analysis;
• group work on the development of the research protocol.

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Target audience

• Practitioners and scientists involved in research in respiratory health

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Course Goals

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• design, carry out and analyse a scientific research project in respiratory health (including clinical trials)
• calculate sample size
• manage and analyse data
• use the computer package, EpiInfo
• implement the research protocol in an international, collaborative structure

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