Blog entries from Administrator

Birmingham course in October 2010 announced

Administrator — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0100

The next critical appraisal course in Birmingham will take place on Saturday 2 October 2010. The venue is the Crowne Plaza NEC. The course price is £195 and reservations are now being accepted.

Critical appraisal is coming to Singapore

Administrator — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:00:00 +0100

Superego Cafe will be running a critical appraisal classroom course in Singapore for the first time in October this year. The venue will be the fabulous Shangri-La hotel. Join us for what promises to be an excellent event in amazing surroundings. Reservations are now being accepted.

Sydney course resheduled

Administrator — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:31:47 +0100

Due to the volcano eruption in Iceland, there are presently no flights leaving England. As a result the critical appraisal classroom course on 23 April 2010 in Sydney, Australia, has been resheduled to 29 May 2010. Course delegates have been sent an email with details of how they can transfer their course place or receive a refund.

Birmingham date in June 2010 announced

Administrator — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0100

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.

Online course subscriptions extended

Administrator — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:14:21 +0100

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 availRead More...

New edition of the course handout

Administrator — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0100

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.

Six months subscription debuts

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:06:47 +0100

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!

London, Hong Kong and Sydney dates in 2010

Administrator — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:02:57 +0100

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.

Birmingham and Manchester dates in 2010

Administrator — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:02:16 +0100

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.

Sydney success

Administrator — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0100

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 venuRead More...

Dubai debut

Administrator — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0100

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 afteRead More...

New edition of critical appraisal book

Administrator — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0100

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 reprintedRead More...

Critical appraisal course in December

Administrator — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:24:54 +0100

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.

Free book offer!

Administrator — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:00:34 +0100

Today we're launching a limited time offer - subscribe to the online critical appraisal course and get a free copy of "The Doctor's Guide to Critical Appraisal". Published by PasTest in 2006, the book has been reprinted twiceRead More...

Forum added

Administrator — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0100

Today we've added a brand new discussion forum to the Critical Appraisal website, accessible from the link on the main menu. Initially categories have been set up for the online and classroom courses, with boards for pre-sales questions, troubleshooting and feedback comments.Read More...

Malaysian masterclass

Administrator — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:21:40 +0100

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur! Earlier today the Superego Cafe team ran a one day critical appraisal course at the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), one of the most prestigious universities in Malaysia, as part of a two day conference on evidence-based medicine. The meeting organiser discoRead More...

New website launched

Administrator — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0100

Today sees the launch of the brand new criticalappraisal.com website. This is the first major facelift for the website since its launch in 2007. Our old website served us well but was showing its age. We wanted to update the design and reduce the number of mouse clicks required to navigate to information. We've gone for a Read More...