The Society for Medical Decision Making will hold its inaugural SMDM-Asia (SMDM-A) conference January 6 – 8, 2014 in Singapore. The meeting, Informing Health Care Decision-Making with Evidence, will join the annual SMDM meeting held in North America and the biennial SMDM-Europe conference as venues to promote medical decision making principles and skills internationally, to delve deeply into region-specific priority areas, and to build both a regional and international network of colleagues working in this area.
SMDM bridges the communication gap between academic researchers, practitioners, consumers and policy makers, facilitating intellectual exchange between these stakeholders. The SMDM-Asia conference will have short-courses, symposia, panels, and research presentations focused on decision making in the context of public health and medicine. The inaugural SMDM-Asia meeting in 2014 represents the first step in a long-term strategic commitment on the part of SMDM to building stronger connections with the medical and health policy and decision making, research, and education communities located in the Asian region.