[e-drug] 5th MURIA workshop/symposium, in collaboration with ISPE, 8-11 July 2019

E-DRUG: 5th MURIA workshop/symposium, in collaboration with ISPE, 8-11 July 2019
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Andy

http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/musa/muria-2019-symposium-registration
MURIA Group in collaboration with ISPE
CALL FOR PAPERS: Fifth Training Workshop and Symposium
8 - 11 July 2019

The fifth Training workshop and symposium of the MURIA (Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa) Group in collaboration with ISPE (The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology) will be held at the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Theme: Enhancing future patient care through collaborative research

The event takes place over three and a half days. Pre-symposium workshops and symposium are intended to further develop and progress medicines utilisation research, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance in Africa.

Who should attend

Any individual in the academic or business environment with an interest in drug utilisation research, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance will benefit from this event.

Workshops:

Day 1
* Introduction & use of drug utilisation metrics
* Pharmacoepidemiology: Concepts & study designs
* Pharmacovigilance: Concepts & regulatory framework supporting reporting of individual case reports
* Pharmacovigilance: Causality
* Application of WHO ATC/ DDD methods in medicine utilisation research: A hands-on experience
* Pharmacoepidemiology & Databases
* Pharmacovigilance: From case reports to case series
* Pharmacovigilance: Study Designs

Day 2
* Quality indicators for medicine utilisation: Development & implementation
* Pharmacovigilance: Spontaneous adverse event reports & signal detection methods * Advanced pharmacoepidemiology
* Pharmacovigilance: Active surveillance & communicating emerging safety issues
* Basic statistics for drug utilisation & pharmacoepidemiology research
* Advanced pharmacoepidemiology & patient-generated health data * Risk management plans
* Advanced statistics for drug utilisation & pharmacoepidemiology research (using SPSS)
* Effectiveness of risk minimization activities

Confirmed Speakers:

* Dr Pia Caduff-Janosa | Deputy Director/Chief Medical Officer: Uppsala Monitoring Centre
* Dr Alison Bourke | President: International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE)
* Dr Maribel Salas | ISPE Global Development Committee
* Dr Kwame Appenteng | President: ISPE African Chapter
* Dr Lisa Pont | University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Conference fees per regular participant (ZAR 2250.00) and students (ZAR 1650.00). The fees cover all workshop activities, the symposium, all subsistence during the day and a reception. The fees do not cover hotel, travel, airport transfers or evening subsistence costs apart from the reception.

The deadline for abstract submission is April 26th.
Abstract acceptance letters will be sent out by May 10th.
Registration deadline: June 3rd.

Registration:
http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/musa/muria-2019-symposium-registration

Abstract submission:
http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/musa/muria-2019-symposium-call-papers

Andy Gray BPharm MSc(Pharm) FPS FFIP
Senior Lecturer
Division of Pharmacology
Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Health Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal
PBag 7 Congella 4013 South Africa
WHO Collaborating Centre on Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Practice
email: graya1@ukzn.ac.za or andy@gray.za.net