Course reminder

Critical appraisal of medical research (2.0 ECTS) for doctoral students and other researchershttps://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/Critical%20appraisal%20of%20medical%20researh%20course%20_%20ilmoitus.pdf

In this course, we present different study designs in medicine and different gold standard methods to evaluate study quality. The purpose of this training is to help participants to evaluate research and its quality to support their own research work. Course will include 18 hours of lectures and 14 hours of guided group work sessions (7 x 2 hours) where we are reading articles or studies and practice critical evaluation of the studies. Teachers: Jani Ruotsalainen (JR), Jos Verbeek (JS), Nina Rautio (NR)

Registration at the latest 30.9.2019 to nina.rautio@oulu.fimailto:nina.rautio@oulu.fi

Programme in PDF >>https://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/Critical%20appraisal%20of%20medical%20researh%20course%20_%20ilmoitus.pdf

Lectures:

Monday 7.10. at 15.15-16.45 P117 Introduction to study designs I: case reports, case series and ecological studies (NR) Tuesday 8.10. at 15.15-16.45 116B Introduction to study designs II: case-control and cohort studies and evaluation of observational studies (NR) Wednesday 9.10. at 15.15-16.45 338B Introduction to study designs III: randomized clinical trials and evaluation of experimental studies (NR) Thursday 10.10. at 9.00-10.30 101A Cochrane, systematic reviews and the meaning of it all (JR, JV)

at 11.30-13.00

RCT as the best design to evaluate interventions including hands-on training in randomization (JR, JV)

at 13.30-15.00

Observational studies as close to RCT as it can get, including animal and volunteer studies (JR, JV) Friday 11.10. at 9.00-10.30 P117 Systematic Review basics: PICO/PECO, search (JR,JV)

at 11.30-13.00

Risk of Bias assessment of RCT and observational study including hand-on training (JR, JV)

at 13.30-15.00

Good and bad reviews and the use of AMSTAR (JR, JV)

Guided group work sessions (NR):

Tuesday 15.10. at 15.15-16.45 116B

Wednesday 16.10 at 15.15-16.45 116B

Tuesday 29.10. at 15.15-16.45 P122

Wednesday 30.10. at 15.15-16.45 P122

Thursday 31.10. at 15.15-16.45 P122

Tuesday 5.11. at 15.15-16.45 P122

Thursday 7.11. at 15.15-16.45 P122

Best wishes, Mirja ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mirja Peltola Koordinaattori | Coordinator Oulun yliopisto | University of Oulu Terveys- ja biotieteiden tohtoriohjelma | Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme Tel. 0294 48 5447 PO Box 5000, FI-90014 OULUN YLIOPISTO (Aapistie 5A, Room 474B) www.oulu.fihttp://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto

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