The next critical appraisal course in Birmingham will take place on Saturday 5 June 2010 at the Crowne Plaza NEC. Reservations are now being accepted on the criticalappraisal.com website. The last critical appraisal course in Birmingham in February 2010 sold out so if you are interested in attending the course please reserve your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We are pleased to announce today that classroom course delegates will now get access to the online critical appraisal course as soon as they reserve a place and this subscription will last until 3 months after the classroom course date, instead of 1 month. This change has been made in anticipation of the changes coming to the online course over the next few weeks. The longer subscription duration will allow delegates to make full use of the new and updated online materials which will be available shortly.

Delegates who have already booked places on forthcoming courses in London, Hong Kong, Sydney and Manchester will have their online subscription automatically extended.

A brand new course handout has been developed for the critical appraisal courses from April 2010. We've updated the content and added brand new exercises. These changes are based on the feedback we've collected from recent courses. Delegates have expressed a wish to spend more time on interpreting clinical results and this is now reflected in the new course handout.

The online critical appraisal course is now available as a six months subscription, which is offered at the same price as the previously available three months subscription! This presents the best value subscription to the critical appraisal course that we have ever offered!

We are pleased to announce three more dates for the one day critical appraisal classroom course in 2010. On 16 April 2010 the course takes place at the London Hilton Metropole. On 19 April 2010 the course moves to the fabulous Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong. Finally, on 23 April 2010 the Hilton Hotel in Sydney hosts the course. Reservations are now available and include instant access to the online course.

Today we're announcing the first critical appraisal classroom dates in 2010. On 20 February 2010 the course will be held at the Crowne Plaza Birmingham NEC hotel. On 14 May 2010 the Hilton Manchester Airport will host the course. As usual, course delegates get access to the online course as soon as they register and access lasts until one month after the classroom course date.

Superego Cafe returned to Sydney on 24 October 2009 to hold its second critical appraisal course in a year.  We chose the Hilton Hotel as the venue again and the service received was perfect. There are not many conference venues in the world which provide delegates with complimentary use of Microsoft X-boxes as well as the usual refreshments! Thankfully we didn’t lose any delegates to the consoles. It was a busy day covering all the topics and delegates departed with their heads full of knowledge, their hands clutching the latest edition of The Doctor’s Guide to Critical Appraisal and massively improved confidence in understanding and appraising clinical papers.

Superego Cafe ran its first event in the Middle East today. Many senior clinicians gathered at the fabulous Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for the one day critical appraisal course. As expected the conference centre looked after our delegates very well, with valet parking, comfortable surroundings and delicious food, which allowed everyone to focus on understanding evidence-based medicine. The feedback from the delegates was excellent and confirmed the status of Superego Cafe as a leading provider of critical appraisal training. The event was reported by the Gulf newspaper and the Emirates News Agency.

The second edition of The Doctor's Guide to Critical Appraisal has been published and is now available! Under the familiar front cover which now features a fusion of red and purple lines, the new edition updates the original bestselling 2006 edition which was reprinted twice in 2008 and 2009. The book teaches critical appraisal from first principles and assumes no prior knowledge. Concepts are illustrated using scenarios, examples, diagrams and tables. The second edition is included in the delegate pack in our classroom courses!

Today we are pleased to announce a new date for the critical appraisal course. On Friday 4 December 2009 at the Hilton London Metropole we will be running the one day critical appraisal classroom course.  Delegates booking the course get free access to the online critical appraisal course until 4 January 2010 and a copy of The Doctor's Guide to Critical Appraisal. Reservations are now being accepted.