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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) 43rd Annual North American Meeting is organized by Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) and will be held from Oct 18 - 20, 2021.

Description:
SMDM is thrilled to offer Short Courses in September, October and November in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Meeting. Attendees may sign up for the meeting and short courses or you may choose to only attend short courses. Meeting attendees will receive a special discount for the short courses.

Short Courses Offered:
• September 22: Advanced Evidence-Based Diagnosis (ROC Curves and Interval Likelihood Ratios)
• September 28: An Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling for Medical Decision Making Research (Part 1)
• September 29: An Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling for Medical Decision Making Research (Part 2)
• September 30: Causal Inference and Causal Diagrams in Medical Decision Making Using Big Real World Observational Data and Pragmatic Trials
• October 5: Cohort Modeling in R
• October 6: Applied Cost-Effectiveness Modeling with R
• October 7: Advances in Health Outcomes Measurement: Promis and Propr
• October 11: Metamodeling for Simulation-Based Optimization of Strategies in Healthcare
• October 12: Innovation in Shared Decision-Making: Agile Approaches to (Post-) Pandemic Challenges
• October 13: Quantifying and Valuing Inequality Impacts in Economic Evaluation
• October 14: Methods for Measuring Patient Preference Information
• October 26: Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
• October 27: Stakeholder Engagement: 90% Preparation, 10% Perspiration
• October 28: Survival Analysis: Why? What? How?
• November 2: Cost-effectiveness Analysis with Probabilistic Graphical Models
• November 3: Microsimulation Modeling in R
• November 9: Hands on Model Calibration in R
• November 10: Modelling with DICE 2.0
• November 16: Discrete Event Simulation in R to Support Healthcare Decision Making
• November 17: Research Prioritization One: An Introduction to Research Prioritization and Study Design Using Value of Information Analysis (Part 1 of 2)
• November 18: Research Prioritization Two: Advanced Computation of Value of Information Measure to Determine Optimal Research Design (Part 2 of 2)

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.