Mari Boesen discusses the importance of communicating in plain language and tips for how to write research in lay language. (Resources include both a recording and worksheet.) Recorded – September […]
Patient-Oriented Research Strategies for Clinical Trials
Mari Boesen discusses where and when to capture patient needs, goals and preferences in clinical trials. Includes 4 separate chapter recordings. Recorded – August 2019 Level: Foundational POR Strategies for […]
An Introduction to Economic Evaluation (Part 2)
Robin Lau takes you through the seven steps for completing an economic evaluation: 1. Define the decision problem; 2. Identify, measure and value the resource use of each alternative; 3. […]
An Introduction to Economic Evaluation (Part 1)
Robin Lau presents the first of three lectures on types of economic evaluation. He reviews the rationale for and characteristics of economic evaluations, including different types, methods used and major […]
Decision Analysis for Healthcare
Robin Lau introduces Decision Analysis as the third type of economic evaluation. The session objectives are to: 1. formulate a decision analysis problem by specifying the objective to be achieved, […]
Pragmatism in Clinical Trials
Dr. Lawrence Richer discusses how to incorporate pragmatism in clinical trials, as well as an overview of the PRECIS-2 tool Recorded Webinar – Aug 2019 Level: Foundational Pragmatism in Clinical […]
An Introduction to Pragmatic Clinical Trials
Robin Lau describes the rationale and characteristics of pragmatic clinical trials. He compares pragmatic and explanatory clinical trials including goals, methods, stakeholders and how to measure pragmatism. Recorded May 2019 […]
Foundations in Patient-Oriented Research
Dr. Diane Aubin (Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit) provides a brief introduction to patient-oriented research, including the AbSPORU definition of POR, who is included in the term “patient,” and an overview […]
Patient Engagement in Health Research: A How-to Guide for Researchers
The AbSPORU PE Platform introduces the concept of patient involvement in the research process – written for researchers. Date – May 2018 (Version 8.0) Level: Foundational Patient Engagement in Health […]
Patient Engagement in Health: A How-to Guide for Patients
The AbSPORU PE Platform introduces the concept of patient involvement in the research process – written for patients. Date – May 2018 (Version 8.0) Level: Foundational Patient Engagement in Health: […]