APPLIED SCIENCES FOR CARDIO-THORACIC SURGEONS
Prague, Czech Republic
23^rd – 25^th March 2006

PROGRAMME

Thursday March 23

09:00              Welcome and introduction
                      Marko Turina

Session: The scientific paper
Chairman: Jarle Vaage

09:10              Presenting EJCTS and ICVTS
                      Ian Beecroft, Managing Editor EJCTS/ICVTS

09:25              Preparing and writing the scientific paper
                      Jarle Vaage, Oslo, Norway

10:25              Coffee break

10:55              Manuscript submission – optimizing the chances of success
                      Ian Beecroft, Managing Editor EJCTS/ICVTS

11:25              How to write an abstract and present the paper at a conference
                      Marko Turina, Zurich, Switzerland

12:00              Lunch

13:30                 Workshop: Writing an abstract
                      Organiser: Marko Turina
                      Group activity : preparation of abstract and outline of paper for publication

15:00              Coffee break

15:30              Continuation of workshop activity

16:30              End

FRIDAY MARCH 24

Session:            Planning, designing and evaluating studies
                      Chairman: Jan Pirk

08:30               Choosing variables and endpoints
                      Ani Anyanwu, New York, USA

09:00               Prospective randomized, multicentre studies
                      Philippe Menasche, Paris, France

10:00              Coffee break

10:30               Problems with randomized, multicentre studies
                      Ani Anyanwu, New York, USA

12:00               Lunch

Workshop
Chairman: Philippe Menasche

13:30              Interactive discussion of article
                       Paul Sergeant, Leuven, Belgium

15:00              Coffee break

15:15              Pitfalls in database research
                       Ani Anyanwu, New York, USA

15:40                 Discussion and evaluation of abstracts

16:45              End

SATURDAY MARCH 25

Session:            Miscellaneous
                      Chairman: Bruce Keogh

08:30              Experimental studies
                       Jarle Vaage, Oslo, Norway

09:10              Economic analysis.  Financing scientific work.
                      Special problems for cardiothoracic surgeons
                      Bruce Keogh, London, UK

09:40              Searching the literature
                      Marko Turina, Zurich, Switzerland

09:55              Coffee break

10:25              The oral presentation 
                      My personal view
                      Bruce Keogh, Jan Pirk, Jarle Vaage

11:25              Summation, discussion, evaluation
                      Chairmen: Marko Turina, Jarle Vaage

12:00              End of course