Methodological Considerations for Designing Pharmacoepidemiology Studies in the COVID-19 Era  (June 23, 2023)

The global COVID-19 pandemic has generated enormous morbidity and mortality, as well as large health system disruptions including changes in use of prescription medications, outpatient encounters, emergency department admissions, and hospitalizations. These pandemic-related disruptions are reflected in real-world data derived from electronic medical records, administrative claims, disease or medication registries, and mobile devices. This webinar will discuss how pandemic-related disruptions in healthcare utilization may impact the conduct of noninterventional studies designed to characterize the utilization and estimate the effects of medical interventions on health-related outcomes, including possible threats to external validity (participant selection) and internal validity (for example, confounding, selection bias, missing data bias).

This webinar is aimed towards students, trainees, young professionals, anyone interested in methodology and pharmacoepidemiologic research.