Research methods and critical appraisal course
Friday 29 June 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the Research Methods and Critical Appraisal CourseThis meeting is part of a series of meetings
Research Methods and Critical Appraisal CourseThis meeting is part of a series of meetings
Other dates available:
Friday 14 October 2011
Friday 27 January 2012
Friday 27 April 2012
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10.00 am |
Registration, followed by tea and coffee |
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Chair: The tutors for this course are: Dr Kamran Abbasi, Editor, JRSM and JRSM Short Reports and Dr Christopher Martyn, Associate Editor, BMJ | |
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10.30 am |
Introduction |
| What today is about. Who the speakers are. What do participants hope to achieve? | |
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10.45 am |
A strategy for appraising published papers |
| Are the findings true? And can they be generalised? How to go about detecting common errors in design and interpretation. The triple whammy of bias, confounding and chance. Don't be fooled by rhetoric. | |
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11.15 am |
Paper reading exercise 1 (Read paper and general discussion) |
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11.30 am |
Tea and coffee break |
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11.45 am |
How do journals select the papers they publish |
| How editorial decisions are made. How these decisions are informed by peer review. Does the editorial selection process of high impact factor journals mean that the findings of the papers they publish are trustworthy? Conflicts of interest and sponsorship of studies by the pharmaceutical industry. | |
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12.45 pm |
Research methods 1 |
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Observational studies: case series; case control studies; cohort studies. Principles of choosing appropriate control groups. | |
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1.30 pm |
Lunch break |
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2.00 pm |
Statistics |
| Type 1 and 2 errors. Statistical power and the interpretation of negative results. Analysis by sub-groups. The need for hypotheses to be specified in advance of analysis. Presentation of results. | |
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3.00 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
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3.15 pm |
Research methods 2 |
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Randomised controlled trials: good and bad trial design. Evaluating systematic reviews and meta- analyses. | |
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4.00 pm |
Paper reading exercise 2 |
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4.15 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
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4.20 pm |
Review of the day |
| Conclusion. Round up of the day | |
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4.30 pm |
Close of meeting |
Meeting ref: TRC19
CPD: 5 credits
