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The Society for Medical Decision Making is pleased to announce its 17th Biennial SMDM European Conference will be held 10-12 June, 2018 in Leiden, The Netherlands. Leiden is a beautiful historic city, and only 20 minutes by direct train from Schiphol International Airport.

For decades, SMDM members have sought to improve decision making, incorporating the strength of current evidence and methods to weigh risks and benefits from the perspectives of the individual, health system, and society. The 2018 conference special focus is on Personalized and Value-Based Health Care.

Our aim is to bring together high quality oral and poster presentations from health services research, psychology, epidemiology, health economics, and other scientific disciplines involved in the study of medical decision making. The combination of short courses, symposia and research presentations continues to foster lively debates and deeper understandings of how our scientific research can be applied to improve care.

Conference attendees will enjoy opportunities to interact with leaders in prediction and decision modelling, cost-effectiveness analysis, implementation research, shared decision making, and the other areas encompassed by medical decision making, as well as with policy makers at both the hospital and national level.

Conference Co-Chairs: Anne M. Stiggelbout, PhD (The Netherlands) and Ewout W. Steyerberg, PhD (The Netherlands)

Scientific Review Co-Chairs: Beate Jahn, PhD (Austria) and Arwen Pieterse, PhD (The Netherlands)

Scientific Review Committee: Reto Auer, MD, MAS (Switzerland), Marieke de Vries, PhD (The Netherlands), Peder Halvorsen, MD, PhD (Norway), Jesper Nielsen, PhD (Denmark), Carlos Martin Saborido, PhD (Spain), Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD (Austria), Johanna Takkenberg, MD, PhD (The Netherlands), Jef van den Ende, MD, PhD (Belgium) 

Short Course Co-Chairs: Hilary Bekker, PhD (United Kingdom) and Elske van den Akker-van Marle, PhD (The Netherlands)

Lusted Award Co-Chairs: Olga Kostopoulou, PhD, MSc (United Kingdom) and Torbjørn Wisløff, PhD​ (Norway)

Social Media Chair: Marleen Kunneman, PhD (The Netherlands)

More information will be posted to this webpage in the coming month

Join SMDM as a First Time Regular Member with your conference registration! Select the Conference Registration and Join as a First Time Regular Member option and your membership will be active through December 2019.

Join SMDM as a First Time Trainee Member with your conference registration! Select the Conference Registration and Join as a First Time Trainee Member option and your membership will be active through December 2019.

Renew Your Prior Membership with Conference Registration

Regular and Trainee Members who renew their prior membership with conference registration will have membership active through December 2018.

**Please note: Trainees, Emeritus Members and Low-Middle Income Country and First Time members may qualify to receive special rates below. The office will verify registrants are qualified for these categories.

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Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Tulip Inn Leiden Centre

3 Star Property

Schipholweg 3, 2316 XB Leiden, Netherlands

Comfort Room includes complimentary wi-fi, refrigerator, access to the fitness center.

NO air conditioning.

The Tulip Inn and Golden Tulip are connected to each other and share lobby, registration, restaurants and fitness center. Hotels are a 7 minute walk to the Leiden Centraal Station, 13 minute walk to Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and 18 minute walk to Stadsgehoorzaal.

Reservations for both hotels can be made by phone +31 (0)71-4083500 or via email.

Please reference the SMDM group room block when making reservations. Rooms should be booked by Monday 9 April.

Submission Info

The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) will hold its 17th Biennial European Conference from 10-12 June 2018 in Leiden, Netherlands. The conference will have a special focus on Personalized and Value-Based Health Care.

We are estimating 200-250 attendees from a variety of backgrounds and academic disciplines. SMDM meetings bridge the communications gap between academic researchers, practitioners, consumers and policy makers. The SMDM European Conference will bring together high-quality oral and poster presentations from psychology, epidemiology, health economics and other scientific disciplines involved in the study of medical decisions.

Society for Medical Decision Making

Phone: 908-359-1184

Fax: 908-450-1119

Email: info@smdm.org