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SUMMARY:Diagnostic tests in primary care – time to move beyond diagnosti
 c accuracy? - Matthew Thompson\, Professor of Family Medicine\, University
  of Washington\, Seattle\, US
DTSTART:20160927T120000Z
DTEND:20160927T130000Z
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Thompson is Helen D. Cohen endowed Professor and Inter
 im Chair at the University of Washington (UW) Department of Family Medicin
 e. He was formerly Clinical Reader in the Department of Primary Care at th
 e University of Oxford\, where he jointly led the Oxford Center for Monito
 ring and Diagnosis and the Oxford DEC\, and has worked clinically as a GP/
 Family Doctor in both the UK and USA. He has published widely in several a
 reas in primary care\, most prominently related to improving diagnosis and
  monitoring of acute and chronic diseases in children and adults. He has a
  particular interest in diagnostic research – including comparative accu
 racy studies\, systematic reviews\, new methods for evaluating diagnostic 
 tests. Current research in this area includes evaluating point of care tes
 ts\, exploring patient centered outcomes related to diagnostic tests\, and
  expanding how tests are evaluated. He also leads a Primary Care Innovatio
 n Lab at the UW which is bringing technology developers from the academic 
 and commercial fields together with primary care researchers and clinician
 s to develop\, test and implement new technologies in primary care setting
 s.\n\nAll welcome\, no need to book.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Institute of Public Health\, Forvie Site\, R
 obinson Way\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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