| Thursday 17 April 2008 | ||
| 09:00 | Course Opening | M. Turina |
| 09:10 | Errors in manuscript submission: Editor's zero tolerance policy explained |
I. Beecroft |
| 09:50 | Abstract material: introduction | J. Vaage |
| 10:00 | Coffee break | |
| 10:20 | Dissecting a manuscript in the editorial office | I. Beecroft |
| 11:20 | Common errors in last year's EACTS abstracts: Analysis with the audience |
M. Turina A. Wechsler |
| 12.20 | Statistical exercises: Introduction | T. Clayton |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 | Assessing the abstracts submitted by the participants | M. Turina A. Wechsler |
| 15:00 | Moderated statistical exercises I. Statistics: An impenetrable barrier or a key to understanding trials? | T. Clayton |
| 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 17:00 | Critical approach to the medical literature: OPCAB, a tool or a toy? |
P. Sergeant |
| 18:30 | End of session | |
| Friday 18 April 2008 | ||
| 08:30 | Innnovation and ethics in cardio-thoracic surgery | A. Wechsler |
| 09:00 | Searching the medical literature: Part I : Needle in the haystack |
P. Siegel |
| 10:20 | Discussion | |
| 10:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | Moderated statistical exercises II. Common pitfalls in (mis)interpreting results. | T. Clayton |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 | Searching the medical literature Part II: Discovering hidden treasure |
P. Siegel |
| 15:00 | The art of meeting presentation: avoiding common errors | M. Turina |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | Critical approach to the medical literature: how to spot errors, omissions and mistakes |
P. Sergeant |
| 18:00 | General discussion and comments | Course Faculty |
| 18:30 | End of session | |
| Saturday 19 April 2008 | ||
| 08:30 | How to organise and finance the research | A. Wechsler |
| 09:30 | Course evaluation and grading by the participants | M. Turina |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | Participants' choice: General discussion with the course faculty; or a guided tour of the IKEM, organized by J. Pirk | |
| 12:00 | End of the meeting | |