Agenda

=A&F Meeting Agenda (updated 30 Nov 2012) =

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**__Day 1: Developing and prioritizing an agenda for AF trials research __**
Review the agenda and the overall objectives || NI || (3 x 20 min)
 * **Time ** || **Format ** || **Objectives ** || **Presenter ** ||
 * 0830 || Breakfast ||  ||   ||
 * 0900 || Welcome || Introductions
 * || Large group presentations

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Large group discussion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(20 min) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Results from Cochrane review of AF: what do we know and where do we go from here? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Overview of utility of theory for designing AF interventions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Examples of various feedback designs from trials of ongoing AF initiatives: the good, the bad, and the ugly

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Tension between a need for a conceptual AF framework and more productive, coordinated AF action: opportunities for KT science and KT practice. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">NI

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">SM <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">HC

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">JG || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Introduce small groups || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">NI || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1) introductions in small groups <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">2) review and add to list independently (silently), 5-10 min <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3) questions, comments, sharing and discussion, 30-45min <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Goal: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">ensure all the components with respect to AF design and all the knowledge we need that might make a difference in designing optimal feedback have been considered <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">(labels are less valuable here than ideas; do not yet consider feasibility, methods, or relative importance of one concept versus another) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">AS, SM, JG, JB, JF || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1) independent prioritization, 5-10min <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">2) sharing and discussion, 45min <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Goal: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">prepare a top 5 list of areas that should be addressed to move the AF field forward and that would be likely to provide answers that could make AF more consistently effective || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">AS, SM, JG, JB, JF ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">10:30 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Coffee ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1100 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Large group || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Introduce list of AF design options / components
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1115 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Small groups || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Build upon list of AF design options / components:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1215 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Large group || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Report back to large groups – key thoughts to consider for afternoon || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">JG ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1230 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lunch ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1330 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Small groups || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Prioritize AF intervention design options based on experience, data, theory, and interest and try to rank in terms of most likely to have an important impact on effect size
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1430 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Coffee ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1500 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Large group interactive || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Present top 5 priority areas/questions from each small group – seek large group consensus on top 5 overall || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">JG ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1600 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Free time ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1900 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dinner || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">A reservation is being arranged for the group… ||  ||

=**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Day 2: Developing an active, international AF research collaboration __**=

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Developing an AF research collaboration: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1) Leveraging existing resources to integrate KT practice and KT research. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2) Shared/central resources to facilitate collaboration? – wiki, registry, students, etc. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">NI <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">JG || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What clinical topics/problems present good opportunities? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What is the nature of the audit or availability of data? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Where does infrastructure/funding exist? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How do regulatory issues play a role? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2) Sharing and discussion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Consensus on 1-2 issues that should/could be tackled || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">AS, SM, JG, JB, JF || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">(one for each project idea, participants chose group based on interest) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Each group will attempt to build on one idea: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1) each person in group independently answers some of the following questions and/or other issues <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What co-interventions should be considered and how? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What are the outcome measures? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What is the minimally important difference to detect? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What is the next step? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What preliminary work would be needed? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What key partners are needed? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2) sharing and discussion || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">TBD || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Discuss funding opportunities <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Discuss plans/requirements to collaborate || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">JG ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">0830 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Breakfast ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">0900 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Large group || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Review of day 1, goals of day 2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">0930 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Large group interactive || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Identification of data resources / natural laboratories amongst participants (6 x 10) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">TBD ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1030 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Coffee ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1045 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Large group || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Introduce small groups: develop 1-2 tentative project proposals per group, focusing on prioritized agenda, and accounting for logistical/feasibility concerns and trying to leverage opportunities within the group || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">NI ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1100 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Small groups || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1) Each person independently answers some of the following questions and/or other issues to regarding the prioritized items from day 1.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1200 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Large group interactive || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Present main proposal(s) from each group, discuss ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1230 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Lunch ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1300 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Large group || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Methodology for optimized intervention design || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">SM ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1330 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Small groups
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1430 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Large group interactive || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Present next steps from each group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1500 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Large group || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Wrap up || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">NI ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1530 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Organizing Committee || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Accumulate ideas for each project and for the collaboration as a whole, plan next steps ||  ||