271605 Group exercise and discussion on reliability, validity, person years, survival

Saturday, October 27, 2012 : 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Dr. Joy P. Nanda, DSc, MS, MHS, MBA , Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Ret), Johns Hopkins University (Ret), Baltimore, MD
During this session, participants will discuss, analyze and interpret in groups, the concepts of reliability, validity and measures of prognosis

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Analyze and interpret screening tools used to measure levels of diseases in populations 2. Compare components of validity tests and their interpretation 3. Compare components of reliability tests and their interpretation 4. Discuss steps in measuring survival and prognosis

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have extensive training and teaching experience in the content and have taught this LI in the past
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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