Past Meetings

Browse past meetings by region. SMDM conducts an annual North American Meeting and biennial European Conferences.

Show and Tell

Virtual
March 12, 2024

This is an opportunity to share something that you’re excited about (e.g., a paper, data set, outrageous social media post, or person) with a group of similarly minded pediatric medical decision making researchers. Show and tell is intended to be an informal session build camaraderie, learn about others’ research, and share interesting ideas; there’s nothing you need to prepare in advance or read. Come as you are! If you’re not feeling inspired to share, you’re welcome to attend and just listen.

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Virtual Short Course: Cohort Modeling in R. December 13, 10-1:30 ET.

December 13, 2023

Cohort state transition models (cSTM), often called Markov models, are frequently used to inform policy makers about how to allocate healthcare resources under constrained budgets. In thiscourse we will teach participants how to integrate different components of a cSTM within a single framework using R. We will first give a conceptual overview of cSTMs and the general structure for their implementation in a programming language. This will be followed by a brief review of good coding practices and how to structure your code in an efficient, transparent and reproducible way. We will demonstrate a cSTM in R, followed by hands-on exercises that will help participants implement a cSTM in R. We will also demonstrate how to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis(CEA)and how to calculate and visually present epidemiological and health economic outcomes using the cSTM. We will shortly cover the implementation of probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA)of a cSTM in R.

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Mt. Hood Diabetes Challenge Network

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 04 - December 05, 2023

The next Mount Hood challenge meeting will be hosted by the Department of Medicine, University of Malaya. It will take place 4th and 5th of December in conjunction with Society for Medical Decision-Making meeting at Connexion Conference & Event Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (with Mt Hood/ SMDM workshops on 3rd of December). 

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Virtual Short Course: Metamodeling for Simulation Based Optimization of Strategies in Health Care

November 09, 2023

This course will cover the basics of metamodeling using R software. Its added value, and the practical steps for developing and applying metamodels will be discussed and demonstrated. This includes the identification of metamodeling techniques, simulation of data for metamodel training/testing, metamodel fitting/validation, use of a metamodel for optimization, and result verification. A single case study is used in several hands-on exercises, using metamodels to optimize a screening program. R is used for all exercises and ready-to-use scripts are provided, to apply the presented concepts in practice.
 

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45th Annual North American Meeting

Philadelphia, PA
October 22 - October 25, 2023

Innovation in Decision Making: Thinking To Tools 

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How stated-preference methods can contribute to values clarification in clinical decision making?

Virtual
September 21, 2023

Shared Decision Making Special Interest Group will be co-hosting the next fireside chat with the International Academy of Health Preference Research (IAHPR) on September 21 at 10AM Eastern Time.

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Core Course Certification Program 2023

September 07 - October 04, 2023

Virtual Short Course: Applied Health Economics. August 10, 10-1:30 ET.

August 10, 2023

This will be an introductory course that examines the application of economic principles to policy-relevant questions in the arena of health care. The course format will be a combination of lecture and discussion revolving around topical policy issues or other questions. The instructor will teach basic elements of economic evaluation sand an initial understanding of economic evaluations, introducing the logic of health care program evaluation in general, and the specific goals of economic evaluation.

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18th Biennial European Conference

Berlin, Germany
May 21 - May 23, 2023

Linking Research to Evidence-Based Action for Patients, Providers and Policy Decision Makers 

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SMDM Virtual Course: Discrete Event Simulation in R to support healthcare decision making

Online
February 23 - February 23, 2023
Registration fee (Members): 280 USD
Registration fee (non-Members): 425 USD

About this course
This course covers all basic choices and methods required for developing and analyzing discrete event simulations (DES): The practical steps involved in modeling, different types of evidence that can be used, alternative approaches for handling competing events, and how to reflect different types of patient variation.
A single case study will be used in all exercises, extending a simple DES into a comprehensive model, including probabilistic analysis. R will be used and ready-to-use scripts will be provided. Exercise answers will be provided and participants will leave with a running DES model.

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SMDM Tutorial Webinar: Calibration of a Microsimulation Model using Approximate Bayesian Computation

Online
February 02 - February 02, 2023

Microsimulation models (MSMs) make predictions by summarizing simulations at the level of individual units. MSMs are usually complex and incorporate a large number of parameters, many of which cannot be directly estimated from available data. Model calibration is the process of finding parameter values for which the MSMs output(s) fit to observed target data of interest. Calibration is especially helpful when derivation of the likelihood function is difficult or even impossible, as is often the case with complex predictive models. In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to implement a likelihood-free approach, the Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), for calibrating MSMs. We will implement and compare the results from the ABC rejection-sampler, and the ABC Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm using as an example discrete time MSM for dementia. We will also provide practical recommendations for certain aspects of the calibration process (e.g., number of microsimulations needed, selection of parameters to calibrate, approaches for predicting outcomes of interest, stopping rules, assessment and visualization of the results, etc.), and R code for implementing the ABC algorithm.

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Microsimulation Modeling in R

Online
November 29 - November 29, 2022

Sign up for this highly interactive virtual short course to learn how to implement discrete-time individual-based state-transition models in decision modeling.

 

29 November 2022

Time:
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PST)
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM (GMT/UTC)
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM (CET)
 
Registration fee (Members): 280 USD
Registration fee (non-Members): 425 USD
 
The recording and materials of this course
will be made available to those who will not
be able to attend the live course
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44th Annual North American Meeting

Seattle, WA
October 23 - October 26, 2022

Theme: Better for Whom? Advancing Equity in Medical Decision Making

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43rd Annual Meeting On-demand

On-demand
October 22 - January 06, 2022

From the Individual to Society: How Systems and Societal Factors Shape Health Care Decisions

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43rd Annual North American Meeting

Live Meeting Dates
October 18 - October 20, 2021

From the Individual to Society: How Systems and Societal Factors Shape Health Care Decisions

 

Live Meeting Dates: 18-20 October 2021

All Scientific Sessions Available to View through 14 January 2022!

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European Spring Virtual Event

June 07, 2021

Preparedness for Pandemics: Shaping Future Research, Communication and Informed Public Health Decision Making

2:00 PM - 8:00 PM CET | 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC | 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT

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42nd Annual North American Meeting

Virtual Meeting
October 06 - October 27, 2020

October 2020
Relationships in Medical Decision Making
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40th Annual North American Meeting

Montreal, QC, Canada
October 13 - October 17, 2018

Decision Making Across the Lifespan

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17th Biennial European Conference

Leiden, The Netherlands
June 10 - June 12, 2018

Special Focus on Personalized and Value-Based Health Care

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39th Annual North American Meeting

Pittsburgh, PA
October 22 - October 25, 2017

Better Decisions Through Better Data Processes

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38th Annual North American Meeting

Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 23 - October 26, 2016

From Uncertainty to Action

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16th Biennial European Conference

London, United Kingdom
June 12 - June 14, 2016

Special Focus on Improving Diagnostic Decision Making

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2nd Biennial Asia-Pacific Conference

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
January 08 - January 10, 2016

Theme: Making Difficult Clinical and Policy Decisions: The Example of Ageing and End of Life Care in Asia-Pacific

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37th Annual North American Meeting

St. Louis, MO
October 18 - October 21, 2015

Implementation

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36th Annual North American Meeting

Miami, FL
October 18 - October 22, 2014

Medical Decision Making Among Diverse Populations: Advancing Practice, Policy, and Science

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15th Biennial European Meeting

Antwerp, Belgium
June 08 - June 10, 2014

Special Focus on Clinical Decision Making in the Era of Personalized Medicine

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Inaugural Asia-Pacific Conference

Singapore
January 06 - January 08, 2014

Informing Health Care Decision-Making with Evidence

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35th Annual North American Meeting

Baltimore, MD
October 19 - October 23, 2013
Bench, Bedside and Beyond: Medical Decision Making and Public Policy
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34th North American Meeting

Phoenix, AZ
October 17 - October 20, 2012

Designing Health Information Technology for Better Health Decisions

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14th Biennial European Meeting

Oslo, Norway
June 10 - June 12, 2012

Preventing infections in a globalized world- what can decision analysts do?

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33rd North American Meeting

Chicago, IL
October 22 - October 26, 2011

From Evidence to Decision Making: Role of Behavioral Economics in Medicine

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32nd North American Meeting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 24 - October 27, 2010

Evidence, Economics & Ethics: The Future of Health Technology Assesssment

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13th Biennial European Meeting

Hall i.T./Innsbruck, Austria
May 30 - June 02, 2010

Public Health Decision Making

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31st North American Meeting

Los Angeles, CA
October 18 - October 21, 2009

Clinical Decisions in Changing Environments: Patients, Providers, and Policy

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30th North American Meeting

Philadelphia, PA
October 19 - October 22, 2008

Comparative Effectiveness Research: Practice and Policy; Challenges and Opportunities

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SMDM European Meeting History

June 01 - June 04, 2008

29th North American Meeting

Pittsburgh, PA
October 20 - October 24, 2007

Exploring the Science of Decisions

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28th North American Meeting

Boston, MA
October 15 - October 18, 2006

Better Decisions, Better Care: Advancing Decision Support to Improve Health Care

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27th North American Meeting

San Francisco, CA
October 21 - October 24, 2005

Translating Medical Decision Making Practice into Research

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26th North American Meeting

Atlanta, GA
October 17 - October 20, 2004

Public Health Decision Making
 

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25th North American Meeting

Chicago, IL
October 18 - October 22, 2003

24th North American Meeting

Baltimore, MD
October 19 - October 23, 2002

Genomics and Decision Making

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23rd North American Meeting

San Diego, CA
October 21 - October 24, 2001

22nd North American Meeting

Cincinnati, OH
September 24 - September 27, 2000

21st North American Meeting

Reno, NV
October 03 - October 07, 1999


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