Timetable

The critical appraisal classroom course is a comprehensive guide to critical appraisal. There are two components to the course:

• a one day classroom course, and
• access to the online course, before and after the classroom course

Delegates are given instant access to the online course as soon as a reservation is made. The online course contains the core learning materials. Delegates are requested to view the online material before the classroom course to maximise the benefit of the course.

During the classroom course, delegates are guided through a series of practical exercises and questions designed to improve their critical appraisal skills. Important topics from the online course are covered in depth.

After the classroom course, delegates have a further three months access to the online course materials to consolidate their new knowledge and skills.

Agenda

	Subject to change without notice
0830	Registration
0900	Introduction to evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal; the clinical question and primary hypothesis; types of studies; samples and populations; endpoints.
1045	Coffee/tea break
1100	Bias; confounding factors; restriction; matching; randomisation; blinding; reliability; validity.
1230	Lunch
1330	Intention to treat analysis; types of data; epidemiology; risks and odds; null hypothesis and P values; correlation; regression; non-inferiority studies.
1515	Coffee/tea break
1530	Diagnostic studies; prognostic studies - survival graphs; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; publication bias.
1730	Feedback and close