2017 Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference – Quebec City
Quebec City, Canada , CanadaFollowing successful conferences in Dartmouth in 2013, the University of Oxford in 2014 the NIH in 2015, and Barcelona 2016 we are pleased to announce the 2017 international Preventing Overdiagnosis conference will be held in Quebec City hosted by the Quebec Medical Association (QMA). Abstracts [...]
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2018 – Copenhagen
Copenhagen, DenmarkPreventing Overdiagnosis 2018 - Copenhagen Copenhagen will have the honour of hosting the 6th international conference on Preventing Overdiagnosis. Abstracts submissions now being taken. Earlybird registration now open. For more information, please check out the link to the right.
New Frontiers in Health Literacy Research Symposium 2018 – Sydney
Charles Perkins Centre Lecture Theatre John Hopkins Drive (off Missenden Rd), University of Sydney, NSWSydney Health Literacy Lab will be hosting the New Frontiers in Health Literacy Research Symposium in Sydney on Tuesday 4 December 2018. Bringing together some of the world’s leading experts in health literacy (including Prof Michael Paasche-Orlow, Boston University School of Medicine, Prof Richard Osborne, Centre for [...]
Precision medicine: can it live up to the hype?
Charles Perkins Centre Auditorium John Hopkins Drive (off Missenden Road), University of Sydney, NSWPrecision medicine: can it live up to the hype? The promise of treatments based on people's genetic profiles Join us as world-renowned thinkers explore some of the key issues around precision medicine. We analyse the realities of disease prediction, economics, ethics, clinical applications and the [...]
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2019 – Sydney
University of Sydney The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, AustraliaWe have a great conference coming in 2019. Watch this space as more information develops.
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2020
Learning from the COVID “natural experiment” We are very pleased to have Margaret McCartney and Otis Brawley join John Brodersen and Steven Woloshin to discuss understanding changes in practice, how can we improve standards of care going forward and how the pandemic is amplifying health [...]
International Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference – 2020 Webinar Event
ZoomLearning from the pandemic: Can COVID-19 help us build a better healthcare system? The Asia-Pacific, and final, PODC webinar for 2020 is hosted by PODC partner Wiser Healthcare. This webinar will focus on system impacts of COVID-19 and potential future implications for the healthcare system, addressing these [...]
BOOK LAUNCH – Magnolia Cardona & Ebony Lewis – When the Time Comes
ZoomWHEN THE TIME COMES: STORIES FROM THE END OF LIFE IN CONVERSATION WITH PROF. ALEX BARRATT Magnolia Cardona PhD What do we want for ourselves and our loved ones, ‘when the time comes’? Jointly written, collected and curated by a doctor and nurse working in [...]
FIRST, DO NO HARM: The Perils of Too Much Medicine and How We Can Tackle It
ZoomWiser Healthcare presents this powerful livestreamed discussion with globally respected doctors on the perils of too much medicine. Wiser Healthcare's Dr Ray Moynihan, from Bond University, will moderate conversations with Professors Rachelle Buchbinder and Ian Harris, speaking on their explosive new book "Hippocrasy: how [...]
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2023 – Copenhagen
Copenhagen, DenmarkThe 2023 International Preventing Overdiagnosis scientific conference will be held at the Hotel Scandic, Copenhagen, Denmark 14 – 16 August. Hosted by The Danish College General Practitioners we promise to bring you a number of lively plenary debates about controversial and timely issues involving high-profile players from across the [...]