Advances in CAM Clinical Research Methodology

2002年9月将在俄勒冈州波特兰举行一次关于补充和替代医学临床研究方法的会议，题为“CAM临床研究方法的进展”。 预计将有200名与会者。 会议将包括介绍关键方法学问题的全体会议、应邀介绍相关领域的方法学发展情况、志愿论文和海报会议以及午餐圆桌会议。 该计划还将包括最近召开的会议报告，这些会议审查了CAM学科特有的方法问题。本次会议的目标受众是CAM研究人员和以研究为导向的临床医生，来自相关学科的科学家以及所有参与CAM研究的资助和出版的人。 为了确保第一次会议取得成功，将于2002年2月举办一个小型讲习班，参加者约有30人，来自NCCAM资助的中心，代表所有相关学科。该小组将制定关于CAM临床试验关键方法学问题的立场文件，并在会议全体会议上发表。 会议将有一个组织委员会来监督会议，确保完成具体目标，并计划未来的会议。本次会议的具体目标是：（1）关注CAM临床研究中的方法学问题;（2）通过科学会议分享各种方法学方法的优点和缺点;（3）促进方法传播和发展方面的跨学科合作;（4）确定方法发展方面的进展和未来的研究重点;（5）确定方法发展方面的进展和未来的研究重点。（5）促进CAM临床研究的科学严谨性;（6）通过与其他科学家的互动和展示其工作的机会，促进初级CAM研究人员以及代表性不足的性别和少数民族的职业生涯;（7）通过出版会议记录，包括方法立场文件，传播这些会议的成果。

A conference on clinical research methods in complementary and alternative medicine will be held in Portland OR in September, 2002, entitled Advances in CAM Clinical Research Methodology. Two hundred attendees are expected. The meeting will consist of plenary sessions for presentations on critical methodological issues, invited presentations on methodologic developments in related areas, volunteered paper and poster sessions, and luncheon roundtables. The program will also include reports from recently convened conferences that have examined methodologic issues unique to CAM disciplines. The target audience of this conference is CAM researchers and research-oriented clinicians, scientists from related disciplines and all those involved in funding and publication of CAM research. In order to assure a successful first conference, a smaller workshop of approximately 30 participants, drawn from the NCCAM funded centers and representing all relevant disciplines, will be held in February 2002. The group will develop position papers on key methodologic issues for CAM clinical trials for presentation at the plenary session of the conference. The conference will have an Organizing Committee to oversee the conference, assure completion of the specific aims, and plan for future conferences. The specific aims of this conference are: (1) to focus attention on methodological issues in CAM clinical research; (2) to share the advantages and disadvantages of various methodologic approaches through scientific sessions; (3) to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration in methods dissemination and development; (4) to identify progress and future research priorities in regard to methods development; (5) to foster the scientific rigor of CAM clinical research; (6) to enhance the careers of junior CAM investigators, and underrepresented genders and minorities, through interaction with other scientists and the opportunity to present their work; (7) to disseminate the results of these meetings through publication of proceedings, including the methods position papers.