| EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP | |
| 08:15 | Welcome and introduction – J Zierk, T Streichert, IFCC/EFLM rep. (NN) |
| 08:30 | Reference Intervals Theoretical Basis – MK Bohn |
| 09:15 | Statistical Approaches to Reference Intervals – A Coskun |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Identifying health by excluding disease – KA Sikaris |
| 11:15 | Modern tools for reference Interval analysis – AB Leichtle |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| HANDS-ON-WORKSHOP | |
| Participants analyse datasets on their own laptops in a classroom-style environment | |
| 13:00 | Introduction to workshop – T Streichert, K Sikaris |
| 13:30 | Workshop Activities |
| • Group A: (web-based) tools for reference interval estimation – KA Sikaris, T Streichert, D Topcu
• Group B: using R and refineR for reference interval estimation – MK Bohn, A Coskun, AB Leichtle, J Zierk |
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| 15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 | Presentation of Group Activities and Discussion – All participants |
| 16:15 | Conclusions and Close – J Zierk |