Learning
Preparation for the course:
1. Revise the following chapters from the textbook “Principles of Research in Medicine”:
Ch. 19 – Evidence-based medicine
Ch. 12 – Information retrieval in medicine
Ch. 13 – Searching medical information on the web
Ch. 4 – Types of study design
Ch. 18 – Critical appraisal of an article
Glossary of terms in the Appendix I will help in understanding specialized terminology.
2. Revise the following chapters from the Textbook "One stop Doc – Statistics and Epidemiology”:
Ch. 6 – Intervention studies – randomized controlled trials
Ch. 7 – Metaanalysis
Ch. 10 – Estimation
Ch. 12 – Interpretation of data
Day 1 - Evidence based medicine and outcome measures
Seminar -
Practical
Lists of known NNTs -
Canadian group and
NNT group
Day 2 - Asking a question - PICO
Seminar -
Practical -
Worksheet
(Save the completed work
assignment on student server - RBH III and name the document RBH3_NameLastName_L1)
Day 3 - Finding evidence
Quiz 1 - 10 questions open ended - at the beginning of the seminar
Seminar -
Practical - Worksheet from day 2, second part
Day 4 - Assesing articles
Seminar -
Practical -
Article
Day 5 - Assesing reviews
Seminar -
Forest plot explained -
Practical -
Review article
Practical home assignment (graded):
Worksheet -
Instructions -
Topics for 2015
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