READ CLINICAL PAPERS WITH CONFIDENCE

The Critical Appraisal Company

Critical AppraisalMasterclass

An intensive and comprehensive overview of everything you need to understand and

appraise clinical papers with confidence.

CRITICAL APPRAISAL MASTERCLASS

www.CriticalAppraisal.com

The Critical Appraisal Masterclass provides an intensive and comprehensive overview of everything you need to understand and appraise clinical papers with confidence.

Our expert tutors will teach critical appraisal from first principles, assuming no prior knowledge. They will guide you through presentations and exercises designed to illustrate key points. You will test your understanding by completing exercises in the course workbook and answering questions using our interactive digital handset technology.

The course is suitable for doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, medical librarians, medical researchers and students. The course is popular amongst clinicians revising for critical appraisal exams, presenting in journal club meetings, starting research projects and preparing for job interviews.

Become an expert in one day!

By the end of the course, you will

� understand the meaning of evidence-based medicine and the importance of critical appraisal skills

� be able to identify different study designs

� be able to evaluate the methods section 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

� be able to calculate clinically useful statistics from results data

� be able to decide whether to change clinical practice based on the results of a study

Outstanding value for money!

The course fee is £240. This includes the course workbook, CPD certificate of attendance (6 hours), refreshments and lunch.

You will receive complimentary access to the Critical Appraisal Online Course from the time of booking to 3 months after the course date, worth £100. The online course includes the core teaching materials.

At the course you will also be given The Doctor’s Guide to Critical Appraisal (4th edition, 2015) the award-winning textbook written by the course tutors and published by PasTest, worth £23.

Course places are limited!

Reserve your place at www.CriticalAppraisal.com today!

2016 dates12 March - Manchester24 September - Manchester

Agenda0830 Registration0900 Course starts1045 Refreshment break1230 Lunch1515 Refreshment break1800 Course ends

Course topics includeTypes of studiesPopulations and samplesSample size and powerInclusion and exclusion criteriaBias and confoundingRandomisation and allocationBlinding and placebosReliability and validityIntention-to-treat analysisIncidence and prevalenceMeans, medians, modesNull hypothesis and P valuesType 1 and type 2 errorsChoosing statistical testsRisks and oddsNumbers needed to treatCorrelation and regressionSystematic reviewsMeta-analysesForest plots and funnel plotsHomogeneity/heterogeneityNon-inferiority/equivalenceDiagnostic studiesSensitivity & specificityPre/post-test probabilitiesROC curvesPrognostic studiesKaplan Meier survival graphsand more!