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SUMMARY:Health screening: its complicated
DESCRIPTION:Join colleagues from the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare to discuss the complexities, controversies, dilemmas and politics of screening for disease, from newborn testing to prostate cancer. When is screening useful? When is it harmful? Is it always cost effective? And how does the NHS decide?    Dr Angela Raffle, the leading public health physician and a national leader in improving screening programmes, will deliver the keynote: Stories from 30 years of screening: creating order out of chaos.    The event will also feature expert multidisciplinary visiting speakers. Richard Foggo, Co-Director of Population Health with the Scottish Government, and Dr Tasmin Somerfield, National Clinical Advisor and Deputy Director of Screening, NHS National Services Scotland, will speak as policymakers considering the politics and evidence conundrum. Dr Emily Postan, Senior Lecturer and Chancellor's Fellow in Bioethics at University of Edinburgh, will consider whether self knowledge is always 'good'.    Speakers from University of St Andrews include Professor Frank Sullivan and Dr Margaret McCartney on Current issues in screening -- in the NHS, the commercial sector and the press. Professor Kevin Orr will present Screening Knowledge and Narratives.    There will be a 'mini masterclass' as part of the event. Materials will be supplied before the meeting to maximise discussion and learning in a collaborative and supportive environment. Robin Alexander, Research Fellow in Medical Statistics, will open this session with an informative presentation on screening and statistics.    The event should be of interest to anyone who is new to screening and wants to know more about it as well as those who are already knowledgeable but want to think about new dilemmas that technology has brought to the field. People at any career stage working in and around healthcare, as well as those working in policy and journalism or who are patient advocates, are welcome.    Book tickets through the University Shop.    Email the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare team at cevh@st-andrews.ac.uk if you have any questions about the event. https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/screening-its-complicated-the-science-evidence-and-practice-of-screening-for-disease/
URL:https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/screening-its-complicated-the-science-evidence-and-practice-of-screening-for-disease/
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