Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $210 (nonmember, $315)
Attendance Maximum: 25

Instructor(s): Connie Schardt, AHIP, Associate Director, Public Services, Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durham, NC

Offered: Saturday, May 17, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Get introduced to critical appraisal skills through understanding the basic study designs (case-control, cohort, randomized controlled clinical trial, systematic review, and meta analysis) and the validity issues in clinical research. This engaging and interactive course will focus on the basic designs in medicine and the critical appraisal criteria for randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. After completing this course, learners will be better able to identify good studies and support evidence-based medicine in their own institutions.