About this event

  • Date and time Fri 6 Sep 2019 from 10:00am to 4:30pm
  • Location Chandos House
  • Organised by RSM Professionals

This one day critical appraisal and research methods course is aimed at all doctors, dentists, nurses, health professionals, and students, who are interested in research, speaking at journal clubs and personal development within their professional career.

Book today to increase your knowledge of research methods and to hone your skills to evaluate research papers.

Delegates will:

  • Develop a reliable approach to the evaluation and appraisal of published clinical research papers
  • Understand the strengths and weaknesses of different study designs in observational research
  • Understand the principles that underlie randomise controlled trial and realise how they can be subverted by poor design and execution
  • Lose any fear of the critical appraisal sections of examinations and interviews
  • Gain confidence when speaking at journal clubs
  • Be able to contribute to design and development when planning research projects

Tickets include tea, coffee and lunch

Key speakers

Dr Kamran Abbasi

Editor of the JRSM

Dr Christopher Martyn

Associate Editor of the BMJ

Agenda

View the programme 06 September 2019

Registration, tea and coffee

Introduction

A strategy for appraising published papers

Paper reading exercise 1 (Read paper and general discussion)

Tea and coffee break

How do journals select the papers they publish?

Research methods 1

Lunch

Statistics

Paper reading exercise 2 (Methods and results)

Tea and coffee break

Research methods 2

Paper reading exercise 3 (Conclusions)

Completion of evaluation forms

Review of day

Conclusion and close of day

Location

Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ, United Kingdom

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