Description

Objectives:

1. Identify key methodological issues in the study design of large RCTs of nutritional interventions and understand how data from these studies are interpreted in the development of best practice guidelines
2. Calculate sample sizes for large RCTs and their influence on interpreting study results
3. Describe the future direction of nutrition research using alternative, appropriate, and innovative outcome measures

Speaker(s):

• Lee-anne S. Chapple, BMedSci, MNutrDiet, PhD, Senior Dietitian and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Intensive Care, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
• Stephen A. McClave, MD, FASPEN, Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
• Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Speaker(s):

• Adam Deane, MBBS, PhD, FCICM, FRACP, Intensive Care Clinician/Scientist, Clinical Associate Professor, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia