9:30 - Course opening, Plavnski S.L.

9:35 – 11:00 Introduction to health economics Claes Ortendahl

11:15 – 12:45 Introduction to health economics. Importance for HTA Claes Ortendahl

13:45 – 15:15 Epidemiology as a basis for EBM and HTA. Plavinski S.L.

15:30 – 17:00 Introduction to epidemiology for EBM specialists.Plavinski S.L.

10:00 – 11:30 Health technology assessment and its role in health care E.Jonsson

11:45 – 13:00 Health technology assessment and its role in health care E.Jonsson

14:00 – 15:00 What is evidence-based medicine? prof V.Vlasov

15:00 – 16:00 Critical assessment of medical publications prof. V.Vlasov

16:30 - 17:30 Critical assessment of medical publications prof. V.Vlasov

10:00 – 11:00 Study design and EBM S.E.Bashinskij

11:30 – 12:30 Study design and EBM S.E.Bashinskij

13:30 – 15:30 Introduction of EBM in Russia. E.N.Novichkova

16:00 – 17:30 Search for evidences. S.E.Bashinskij

10:00 – 11:30 Clinical guidelines and clinical standards S.E.Bashinskij

12:00 – 14:00 Introduction to statistical analysis for EBM specialists

15:00 – 16:00 Evidence-based diagnostics. S.L.Plavinski

16:30 – 17:30 Evidence-based diagnostics. S.L.Plavinski.

10:00 – 11:30 Treatment studies. Organization and critical assessment. S.Varshavski

12:00 – 13:30 Treatment studies. Organization and critical assessment. S.Varshavski

14:30 – 16:00 Prognosis studies. Critical assesment. S.L.Plavinski

16:30 – 17:30 Seminar on critical assessment of literature.T.Dubikaitis

10:00 – 11:30 PubMed query language. Search for medical information S.L.Plavinski

12:00 – 13:30 Meta-analysis in medicine. S.L.Plavinski 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 Random error and bias in epidemiology and clinical trials. T.Dubikaitis

16:00 – 17:00 Random error and bias in epidemiology and clinical trials. T.Dubikaitis

10:00 – 11:00 Quality control in health care. Preequisite for EBM. S.G.Bojarski

11:30 – 12:30 Quality control in health care. Preequisite for EBM. S.G.Bojarski

12:30 – 13:30 Cost-effectiveness or money side of EBM. K.D.Danishevski

14:30 – 16:00 Cost-effectiveness or money side of EBM. K.D.Danishevski

16:30 – 17:30 Cost-effectiveness or money side of EBM. K.D.Danishevski

10:00 – 11:30 Clinical Decision Analysis. S.L.Plavinski

12:00 – 13:30 Clinical Decision Analysis. S.L.Plavinski

14:30 – 16:00 Workshop - decision-making for managers

16:15 – 17:00 Scientific writing. T.Dubikaitis

10:00 – 11:30 Clinical standards. MOH order 303. Prof Vorobiev. (unable to attend, replaced by S.L.Plavinski)

12:00 – 13:30 Clinical standards. MOH order 303. Prof Vorobiev. (unable to attend, replaced by S.L.Plavinski)

14:30 – 15:30 Creating systematic review. First-hand experience. V.Kolesnic

16:00 – 17:00 Information bias. T.Dubikaitis

10:00 – 11:30 Workshop. EBM introduction in Russian Federation

12:00 – 13:30 Health Technology Assessment and Russian health care. 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Exam

Jonsson E. - professor, director, SBU, Sweden Ortendahl C. - senior analyst, Karolinski Institute, Dir.-Gen. Ret. National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden Bashinski S. MD, PhD, President, Mediasphera publishing house.Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Medical Practice.

Boyarski S. MD, PhD, dean, college of health administration, Moscow Medical Academy. Varshavski S. MD., PhD, director, Evidence Clinical pharmacology Institute. Vlasov V. Prof., director, Russian branch of Cochrane Collaboration. Vorobiev P., prof. Head, deparment of hematology and geriatrics with laboratory of health care standardization.MMA

Danishevski K. Research fellow, London School of Hygene and Tropical Medicine.

Dubikaitis T. MD., PhD, MPH. Head, Center for Health Technology Assessment, MAPS. Novichkova E. Director, evidence-based practice center, MMA.

Plavinski S. - MD., PhD, DSc, Dean, Colleege of Public Health. Director, School of Public Health.