Invited Paper Session / Présentations sur invitation
Session sponsored by the Biostatistics Section / Séance parrainée par le Groupe de biostatistique

15:30 - 17:00 Melanie Barwick (University of Toronto), Brian Feldman (University of Toronto), Martin Offringa (University of Toronto), Robert Platt (McGill University), Lehana Thabane (McMaster University)

Description

Biostatisticians, clinical epidemiologists and a knowledge translation expert will lead a discussion on how to improve the impact of our developments in statistical methodology. Biostatisticians often complain that statistical methodology in health research falls short of best (or even adequate) practices. If we struggle to get basic methods used correctly, we should also expect to struggle to get our advances in methodology implemented in practice. This session will look at the gap between best practice and actual practice, asking where the gap is, why it exists, and how we might bridge it.

You will shape the discussion! Please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/36VKG7H to fill out a short, anonymous survey before the session so we can target the discussion around the important issues.