One day course 09:15-16:30

The objective of this course is to understand the meaning of evidence-based medicine and the importance of critical appraisal skills and the conduct of systematic reviews.

At the end of this workshop you should be able to:

• Identify different study designs
• Evaluate the methodology of any study for strengths and weaknesses
• Understand how to choose a statistical test to analyse data and be able to interpret the results of any study
• Know what pitfalls to look for in analyses when checking their validity
• Decide whether to change clinical practice based on the results of a study
• Decide whether results are valid and can be used to inform a further research study
• Carry out a systematic review on a specific focused question
• Judge whether a meta-analysis is a feasible/valid possibility
• Consider being part of a Cochrane Collaboration on a specified topic