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Information quality is of huge interest to LIS professionals, but critical appraisal skills are often perceived to be beyond the boundaries of library and information practice. This course challenges that view and provides a solid introduction to the process and techniques used when critically appraising research papers in the healthcare field.
Benefits of attending
This course is designed to give you the skills to critically evaluate research papers and interpret their findings.
By the end of the course participants will have:
- gained a clear understanding of what is meant by 'critical appraisal'
- reflected on the relevance of critical appraisal to LIS
- investigated the similarities and differences between critical appraisal and quality evaluation
- distinguished between different types of study design and research methods
- discovered how to use toolkits for rapid appraisal of systematic reviews and randomised control trials
- learned from examples how to distinguish between good and poor quality research papers
Who should attend?
This introductory course is suitable for all LIS professionals working in the healthcare field. This is not a course on evidence based medicine or medical statistics, and no prior knowledge or experience of critical appraisal is required. It will benefit information and healthcare professionals working in NHS hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical schools and other healthcare organisations.
Programme
- Critical appraisal - what is it all about?
- Critical appraisal of quantitative research
- Group session: critical appraisal of a systematic review
- Qualitative research vs. quantitative research
- Group session: critical appraisal of a qualitative research study
Places are limited to: 18
9.30 Registration and coffee - 10.00 Start - 1.00 Lunch - 4.30 Close
Course leader: Alain Besson
Fees
CILIP personal members: £200 plus VAT £235.00
CILIP organisation members: £235 plus VAT £276.13
Non members: £275 plus VAT £323.13
Updated: 06 August 2008