Sunday, 28 June 2026 | SMDM Annual Meeting
SMDM will offer 16 short courses on Sunday, 28 June 2026 in Oslo. These courses provide participants with an opportunity to gain focused training in key methodological and applied topics relevant to medical decision making.
Participants may register for one morning short course and one afternoon short course. Each course includes lectures and/or interactive exercises designed to provide practical insights and skill development in specific topic areas.
Please review the course descriptions and details linked below before completing your registration. Each course title links to a page with additional information including the course overview, learning objectives, faculty, and format.
Registration Information
Short course selection is completed within the main conference registration process.
Due to administrative requirements associated with hosting the meeting at the University of Oslo, conference registration fees are paid to the University of Oslo, while short course registration fees are paid directly to SMDM. These payments will be processed as part of the overall registration workflow.
Minimum Enrollment Requirement
Each short course requires a minimum of five registered participants in order to be offered.
If fewer than five participants register for a course, the course director may elect to cancel the course prior to the meeting. In the event that a course is canceled, registered participants will be notified and will have the opportunity to transfer their registration to another available short course within the same time block (morning or afternoon).
Morning Short Courses
28 June 2026 | 8:35 AM – 12:00 PM (local time)
Click on a course title below to view the full course description and details.
- Decision Modelling in Python: An introduction to the MISCore Discrete-Event Microsimulation Package to Simulate Disease and Intervention based on MISCAN Models
- Research Prioritisation and Study Design Using Value of Information Analysis
- Introduction to Bayesian Analysis for Medical Decision Science
- Introduction to Measuring Preferences in Health | Clinician Focused
- Survival Analysis for Health Technology Assessment: Principles, Pitfalls, and Advanced Applications
- Build Your Own RA (Research Agent): Introduction to Agentic Coding, Git, and Custom Research Workflows
- Developing Decision Models in R using Published Survival Data
- Advanced Discrete-Event Simulations in R
Afternoon Short Courses
28 June 2026 | 1:30 PM – 4:55 PM (local time)
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- Infectious Disease Modeling Using Dynamic Compartmental Models in R
- Advanced Computation of Value of Information Measure to Determine Optimal Research Design
- How to Analyze a Cost-Effectiveness Dataset: A Gentle Introduction
- Creating Patient Centric Preference Based Shared Decision-Making Tools | Clinician Focused
- An introduction to Open-Source Modelling and Version Control for Decision Modelling. Ready to bring Clarity in the Chaos in Uncertain Times ?
- Causal Diagrams, Target Trial Emulation and Causal Inference for Modeling and Medical Decision Making
- When the Patient Cannot Decide for Themselves: Shared-Decision Making in the Setting of Substituted Judgment | Clinician Focused
- Handling Uncertainty in Health Technology Assessment Processes