Critical Appraisal Course (NW180503N)

Programme

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This course will run on the 3rd and 4th May 2018, delegates must be available to attend both days.

Please arrive by 08:30 for registration.

Mandatory: Dental Core Trainee Year 1, or Dental Core Trainee Year 2/3, or Dental Specialty Trainee, or Educational Supervisor

The Critical Appraisal Course enables you to systematically assess the trustworthiness, relevance, and results or published papers.

Understand how to:

• formulate and define a research question clearly
• understand which types of study design are most appropriate for which types of clinical questions and establish how this affects the interpretation of the results
• identify and assess the implications of different types of bias and confounding factors
• understand how to interpret statistical analyses and common statistical tests
• calculate quantitative measures such as relative risk, relative risk reduction, absolute risk, and Number Needed to Treat
• interpret measures of statistical uncertainty such as p-values and confidence intervals
• understand how to appraise treatment studies, prognostic studies, diagnostic studies, systematic reviews and meta analysis

By the end of the course delegates will be able to assess the validity and reliability of a scientific paper by assessing the strengths and weaknesses in the methodology and interpretation of study results.