Distinguished Speaker Series 2008

Third Floor Classroom 11:30am - 1:00pm

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

"Information Laundering & Other Abuses of the Data from Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)"

Morris A. Blajchman, M.D. F.R.C.P. (C)
Professor Emeritus, Departments of Pathology and Medicine, McMasters University

The participant will be able to:

•Define the term "Evidence-based Medicine"

•Define the term "Infomation Laundering"

•Discuss examples of Information Laundering to include use of recombinant factor VII in trauma patients, and aprotnin in cardiac surgery patients.

•Describe examples of other methods authors and investigators use to report the results they want from clinical trials

One Hour, CME/CNE/PACE
Credit provided

Who Should Attend:
Physicians
Nurses
SBB, MT
Healthcare workers interested in blood banking industry

Please register by Monday, February 25, 2008, 5 p.m.
Call Jacqueline Ford at 210-731-5563 or e-mail:
jford@bloodntissue.org

Distinguished Speaker Series: Since its inception in 1996, the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center’s Bill Stone Distinguished Speaker Series has provided attendees an opportunity to hear lectures from world-renowned scientists and physicians. Bill Stone, Ph.D., a former STBTC board chairman, is a respected geneticist and tenured professor at Trinity University. The series honors his contributions to STBTC and medical science. The Series continues to bring renowned scientists to San Antonio to discuss current issues in blood and tissue banking. It is attended by physicians and medical professionals from the south Texas community, who network and discuss the most current technology advances.  Continuing education credits are approved for each session and there is no fee for attending. 

Please call the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center Department of Education and Training at (210) 731-5563 for more information.