PROGRAMME - Monday, 25 March 2019 |
Registration (08h00 - 09h15) |
Welcome (09h15 - 09h30, Castle Room) |
Charles Shey Wiysonge Prof. Wiysonge is the Director of Cochrane South Africa at the South African Medical Research Council |
Plenary 1 (09h30 - 11h00, Castle Room) Evidence-informed health policy-making for the African context Chairs: Ruth Stewart & Charles Shey Wiysonge |
Tigest Tamrat Ms Tamrat is a Technical Officer at the World Health Organization's Department of Reproductive Health and Research based in Geneva, Switzerland Title: Journey towards evidence-based digital health: the development of WHO guideline on digital interventions for health Emmanuel Effa Tamara Kredo Holger Schünemann Dr Schünemann is chair of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University Title: GRADE-Adolopment for efficient and trustworthy Guideline Recommendations |
Coffee/Tea Break (11h00 - 11h30) |
Plenary 2 (11h30 - 13h00, Castle Room) Knowledge translation for enhancing health in Africa Chairs: Jimmy Volmink and Solange Durao |
Pierre Ongolo-Zogo Dr Ongolo-Zogo is the founder and Director of the Center for Development of Best Practices in Health, and Chief of Radiology and the Medical Imaging Unit, at Yaoundé Central Hospital, and an Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, at the University of Yaoundé I Title: Knowledge translation in Sub-Saharan Africa: the influencing contextual factors Anel Schoonees Ms Schoonees is a full time researcher at the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Title: Cochrane “Packaging and Push” in action: dishing up digestible nutrition evidence Austrida Gondwe Dr Gondwe is the knowledge translation specialist and NCD BRITE senior study co-ordinator at Dignitas International, Malawi Title: Lessons learned about the factors needed to be in place for a community of practice to be successful Andy Oxman Dr Oxman works as a health services researcher in the Centre for Informed Health Choices at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health Title: Informing and enabling evidence-informed decisions about healthcare |
Lunch & Poster Session (13h00 - 14h30) |
Workshops and Panel Discussion |
Workshop 1 (14h30 - 16h00, Bree Room) Evidence informed decision-making and knowledge translation: an overview Facilitator: Nasreen Jessani This is an interactive session aimed at unpacking the terminologies, the theory as well as practice of Evidence informed decision making through the science and art of Knowledge Translation. Participants will be introduced to frameworks, models as well as examples of KT in practice. Participants will be encouraged share their own experiences in this field - both positive as well as challenging. The session will be speckled with “discovery sessions”, discussions, and deliberations. Participants should come prepared to engage actively through app-based activities as well as verbally. Smart phones welcome…and needed! For more information click here |
Workshop 2 (14h30 - 16h00, Strand Room) GRADE 101 intro for users Facilitator: Holger Schünemann Participants will be introduced to GRADE and GRADEpro software, the steps involved in creating a Summary of Findings table, the factors to consider when GRADEing the evidence, presenting statistical results and using GRADEpro to create a Summary of Findings table. For more information click here |
Panel Discussion (14h30 - 16h00, Castle Room) Bridging evidence and practice: The experience of GESI Secretariat members in knowledge translation Chair: Tamara Lotfi Several knowledge translation tools and platforms have been developed in Low and Middle Income Countries. This 90min panel will provide participants with a contextual insight on the application of Knowledge Translation, and on how to strengthen the engagement of policy-makers and the active dissemination of knowledge |
Coffee/Tea Break (16h00 - 16h30) |
Plenary 3 (16h30 - 18h00, Castle Room) Chair: Lawrence Mbuagbaw |
Mark Wilson Mr Wilson is the CEO of Cochrane, UKTitle: Knowledge translation in Cochrane: making it easier to use Cochrane evidence to inform practice and healthcare policy Launch of the SA GRADE Network Holger Schünemann & Taryn YoungJimmy Volmink Prof Volmink is Dean at the Medical School of Stellenbosch University Title: Advancing health: Is Cochrane aiming at the right targets? Thanks Tamara Kredo Dr Kredo is the Co-Director of the Cochrane Africa Network and Senior Specialist Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council |
Welcome dinner and Cochrane SA 21st birthday celebration (18h00 - 21h00 at Marco's African Place) |
PROGRAMME - Tuesday, 26 March 2019 | ||||
Registration (08h30 - 09h30) | ||||
Final Plenary (09h30 - 10h00, Castle Room) Chairs: Charles Shey Wiysonge & Tamara Kredo | ||||
Glenda Gray Prof. Gray is the Chief Executive Officer of the South African Medical Research Council Title: The importance of funding knowledge translation | ||||
Workshop 3 (10h00 - 12h45, Castle Room) Facilitators: Holger Schünemann & Lawrence Mbuagbaw Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University | ||||
Workshop 4 (10h00 - 12h45, Strand Room) Facilitators: Nasreen Jessani & Bey-Marrie Schmidt John Hopkins School of Public Health & Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Stellenbosch University; Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council | ||||
Workshop 5 (10h00 - 12h45, Bree Room) Facilitator:Tamara Lotfi Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative Secretariat, American University of Beirut, Lebanon | ||||
Lunch & Poster Session (12h45 - 13h45) | ||||
Workshop 6 (13h45 - 16h30, Strand Room) Facilitators: Michael McCaul, Nandi Siegfried & Tamara Kredo Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Stellenbosch University; Independent; Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council | ||||
Workshop 7 (13h45 - 16h30, Castle Room) Facilitator: Promise Nduku Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg | ||||
Workshop 8 (13h45 - 16h30, Bree Room) Lawrence Mbuagbaw Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University | ||||