PMhealth workshop - Psychometrics and Metrology in the health sciences 2023

The international guest at PMhealth 2023 is Karl Bang Christensen from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), where he is Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Public Health. Karl has longstanding experience in the field of multilevel modelling and latent variable measurement across a range of fields, including health outcomes measurement. Among other things, he is known as one of the co-editors of the book Rasch Models in Health. He has also made significant methodological contributions in the field of measurement, including work on local dependence in the Rasch model. More information about Karl and his work can be found here.

In addition, we are pleased to announce that Ann-Sophie Buchardt from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) will deliver a special workshop on Rasch measurement using R  and Rstudio.

The first part of the workshop commences with a seminar by Karl Christensen on the theme Local response dependence: consequences, analysis, interpretation and modelling on Wednesday afternoon, June 14. During the morning of June 15, Ann-Sophie Buchardt will continue with a workshop entitled Rasch in R. In preparation for this workshop, Kristofer Årestedt will give a brief session with a basic introduction to R will be provided at the end of day 1. This session is primarily intended for those who have no or minimal experience with R but wants to take active participation in the Rasch in R workshop.

The second part of the workshop will consist of presentations and issues for discussion by and for participants. All participants are therefore encouraged to present and discuss current methodological issues, problem areas, observations or other points of general interest from their outcome measurement related work.

These presentations are expected to contain an initial brief presentation of the issue at hand so that everyone is introduced to the issue. The presentation form is free; PowerPoint may be used but is not required. The presentation is followed by an open discussion where everyone is encouraged to contribute. The aim that everyone will be able to learn something. Each topic will be given 45 minutes, of which the discussion part is expected to dominate. If you have something you wish to present and discuss, please contact Kristofer Årestedt  (kristofer.arestedt@lnu.se) who is responsible for the program.

Program* 

June 14, Building 17, Room 220
13.00–13.15 Welcome & introductions
13.15–16.00 Karl Christensen: Local response dependence: consequences, analysis, interpretation and modelling (including fika)
16.00-17.00 Kristofer Årestedt: Basic introduction to R
19.00–Late Dinner at Bishops Arms (not included in the registration fee)

June 15, Building 17, Room 220
09.00–09.45  Ann-Sophie Buchardt: Rasch in R
09.45–10.00  Fika
10.00–11.15  Ann-Sophie Buchardt: Rasch in R
11.15–12.00  Magnus Johansson: RISEkbmRasch: an R package to simplify and integrate analysis and documentation
12.00–13.00  Lunch (not included in the registration fee)
13.00–13.45 Mats Nilsson: An attempt to construct a Sleep score from the MOS 12-item revised sleep scale (Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale)
13.45–14.30  Workshop
14.30–14.45  Fika
14.45–15.30 Fredrik Gasser: Theoretical and empirical item hierarchies of person-centred outpatient care
15.30–16.00  General discussion/Open Forum

Note: the program is preliminary and may be subject to change.

Practical information

The closest major airport is Copenhagen airport (CPH). There are direct trains between Copenhagen airport and Kristianstad central station every hour. The train journey takes about 1 hour 30 minutes. For time table and other information, please visit: www.oresundstag.se (or www.oresundstag.se/en for the English version of the website). Tickets can be purchased at “Skånetrafiken” ticket machines in the arrival hall at Copenhagen airport.

If you are traveling from other parts of Sweden, the easiest way to get to Kristianstad may either be by air into Copenhagen airport (see above) or by train to Hässleholm and change to a local regional commuter train to Kristianstad (about 30 minutes from Hässleholm). Information and booking of trains are available at: www.sj.se (or www.sj.se/en for the English version of the website).

Travel and accommodation are not included in the registration fee but needs to be arranged by participants themselves. The following accommodations are recommended based on experiences from previous workshops: 

Quality Hotel Grand (by the central station): www.nordicchoicehotels.seAnna’s Hotell (close to campus): http://annashotell.se/
First Hotel Christian IV (by the central station): www.firsthotels.seBishop's Arms Inn (by the central station): www.bishopsarms.com

There is a bus service (bus number 4 towards Lingenässkolan) from the central station to the campus (get off at Högskolan) that takes about 7 minutes. Tickets can be purchased by credit card on the bus. Walking time from central Kristianstad to campus is about 20 minutes.

Contact persons

Practical matters (registration, etc.): Josefine Albinsson (josefine.albinsson@hkr.se) 
Workshop program: Kristofer Årestedt (kristofer.arestedt@lnu.se)
General inquiries: Peter Hagell (Peter.Hagell@hkr.se) and Albert Westergren (Albert.Westergren@hkr.se)