Fundamentals of Evidence based Medicine: Class structure Rahul Mhaskar April 10, 2013
Location Location and time: Room:GL1, Wednesday 6:00pm to 8:00pm Apr 10, 2013 - June 12, 2013 Teleconference to TGH…..work in progress
Class structure Interactive Discussions are encouraged No stupid questions… No homework.. We believe in: problem based learning using hands on approach
Week 1 Introduction to Evidence based Medicine (EBM) Week 2 Fundamentals of study design diagnostic accuracy and screening studies prognosis studies treatment efficacy studies treatment related harms studies Week 3 Formulating the research question Population/intervention/control/outcomes/setting /study design/timeframe framework Matching study design to research question Hands-on in class exercise Week 4 Search for evidence (how it is different than a literature search) Sources, how to search Management of search results Specialized search engines / databases / meeting abstracts Snowball search / hand search / grey literature search strategies Week 5 Risk of bias in clinical studies Risk of bias assessment tools Critical appraisal of: Diagnosis studies Prognosis studies
Week 6 Critical appraisal of: Intervention efficacy assessment studies Treatment related harms assessment studies Systematic reviews and meta analysis Hands-on in class exercise Week 7 Principles of research synthesis and comparative effectiveness research Principles of systematic review Rationale of systematic review Steps of systematic review Week 8 Principles of meta analysis Rationale and types of meta analysis Indirect comparisons Network meta analysis Week 9 Guidelines: appraisal and grading of strength of evidence Types of guidelines Where and how to search Critical appraisal of guidelines Week 10 Student presentations
House keeping issues Attendance and active participation is required Please remember to bring a laptop to this class and all future sessions of the course. A certificate of course completion will be provided for those who attend 70% of the classes. Last but not least, perhaps most important: Nice to have: an abstract or paper published..
For any questions or suggestions Call or send an email: Course instructor: Rahul Mhaskar: Phone: (813) 974 9608 Email: rmhaskar@health.usf.edu Course coordinator: Amy Fioramonte: Phone: (813) 250 2532 Email: afioramo@health.usf.edu