Preventing Overdiagnosis

The POD virtual programme of webinars will be hosted by the University of Calgary, Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development office. https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/cme

POD Webinars are an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of [XXX] hours (credits are automatically calculated). 

Claiming your credits:  Visit MAINPORT https://mainport.royalcollege.ca to record your learning and outcomes. 

Registration is Open with a nominal fee to cover costs.  Click on the session title below to view the abstract and learning objectives.

Please refer to preventingoverdiagnosis.net and @PreventingODx for updates.

Upcoming Webinars - REGISTER HERE

05 April 2022 – Time TBC – COVID-19: Making Sense of Benefits and Harms

10 May 2022 – Time TBC – Practical guidance for overdiagnosis-related project development and grant writing

Past Webinars

September 2021 – History of Overdiagnosis and Lessons to Learn – WATCH RECORDING
October 2021 – An Introduction to Overdiagnosis
November 2021 – The misuse of Evidence Based Medicine as a driver of Overdiagnosis
December 2021 –  Early Career Researcher Networking Session
February 2022 – Reflections on a meta-synthesis of research about lay understandings of overtesting and Overdiagnosis

The following statement was adopted by the participants at the end of the 6th Annual Conference held in Copenhagen on August 20– 22 2018.

On behalf of the Preventing Overdiagnosis Board, Scientific Committee and Local Organising Committee we want to thank you for attending the 6th Annual Conference held in Copenhagen on August 20– 22 2018.

The following statement was adopted by the participants at the end of the conference:

This conference regrets the fact that the draft Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care 2018 (From Alma-Ata towards Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals) makes no reference to the public health and clinical challenges of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. These challenges include direct harms to patients and citizens, misallocation of resources, and, over the longer term, they threaten the sustainability of universal healthcare systems and so undermine global health. Sustainable health systems must explicitly manage the twin problems of underuse and overuse.

http://www.who.int/primary-health/conference-phc/DRAFT-Declaration–9-April-2018.pdf