Cancer Decision Tool Symposium at SMDM Annual Meeting

说明（由申请人提供）：本赠款的目的是为医疗决策学会（SMDM）提供财政支持，以便在2005年10月21日至24日在加利福尼亚州旧金山举行的2005年年会上举办一次特别研讨会和五门短期课程。SMDM是一个由来自多个专业的医生、护士、数学、经济学、公共卫生、卫生政策、决策分析和工程等学科的学者以及来自联邦、州和私营部门的成员组成的专业协会，他们致力于促进合理和系统的方法来改善个人和公共卫生，并为社会卫生政策提供信息。特别研讨会的主题是“将研究转化为实践：为癌症预防、早期检测和治疗的临床决策工具制定研究议程”，其目的是将癌症决策工具方面的4位专家聚集在一起，讨论联邦政府资助的研究应该采取哪些方向，以支持改善癌症相关决策过程和结果。这五个短期课程将为与会者提供机会，学习更多关于患者决策工具的一些基本理论和实践组成部分。2005年SMDM年会是开放的，任何人都可以注册参加。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this grant is to provide financial support to the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) to host one Special Symposium and five short courses at its 2005 Annual Meeting to be held in San Francisco, CA, between October 21-24, 2005. The SMDM is a professional society of physicians from multiple specialties, nurses, academics from disciplines such as mathematics, economics, public health, health policy, decision analysis and engineering, as well as members from the federal, state, and private sectors who dedicate their work to promoting rational and systematic approaches to improving individual and public health, and informing societal health policy. The Special Symposium is titled "Translating Research into Practice: Setting a Research Agenda for Clinical Decision Tools in Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment," and the purpose is to bring 4 experts in cancer decision tools together to debate which direction federally-funded research should take in order to support improvement in cancer-related decision making processes and outcomes. The five short courses will provide opportunities for meeting attendees to learn more about some of the underlying theory and practical components of patient decision tools. The 2005 SMDM Annual Meeting is open, and anyone can register to attend.