GW4 Network Launch Event
Behavioural and decision making sciences in healthcare network
A Research Services research event | |
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Date | 11 November 2015 |
Time | 15:30 to 18:30 |
Place | Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff, CF10 3AL |
Provider | Research Services |
Organizer | GW4 BeDMaSH network |
Event details
Network aims
Health and social care systems across the world are faced with increasing demand and complexity in heath needs within constrained budgets. Designing and delivering prudent healthcare services and public health policy, to ensure resources are used to maximum effect, is a challenging yet vital task.
In the context of strategic and operational decision-making, systems modelling and simulation has been shown to play a key role. To date, however, modelling approaches often fail to do justice to the behavioural aspects of social systems central to public health and health service interventions. This entails understanding complex interactions and emergent properties rather than just linear cause/effect relationships. For example: peer influence and social networks impact on public health policy; staff and patient behaviours and their complex dynamics impact on health service policy and effective delivery. Interactions and relations within a socially complex system thus determine many of the important outcomes. New methods are therefore required to understand these dynamics in order to better inform the design of more effective interventions and optimal health service configurations, as well as explore the cost-effectiveness of psychological versus physiological interventions.
This multidisciplinary network will address these research challenges by bringing together expertise including those from Operational Research, Decision Sciences, Mathematics, Psychology, Sociology, Implementation Science, Organisational Studies and Public Health.
Programme
15.30 - Registration and refreshments
16.00 - Lightning talks and group discussions
17.45 - Networking opportunity with drinks and canapés
Registration
To register for this event please visit our Eventbrite page. The event is free and some funding is available to help cover travel costs.