Online: Interpreting Research for Busy Health Professionals
Event Details
- March 2nd, 2024
- 8:30am - 3:15pm
- $330
Last updated 23 January 2024
Online: Interpreting Research for Busy Health Professionals
Event organiser
Monash University
Event description
With the huge volume of papers published on any topic, and patients consulting “Doctor Google” and social media, many health professionals would like to feel more confident that they can access the best information for their clinical needs.
This is a one-day online workshop. It will provide guidance on what constitutes ‘quality’ in cohort studies, case-control studies, randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews.
The example studies for discussion will focus on maternity and newborn care and women’s health, but will be relevant for participants from other disciplines.
Program Outline
- History and overview of evidence-based medicine
- Types of study design and levels of evidence
- Fundamentals of cohort studies and case-control studies
- Top things to look for when reading a cohort study or a case-control study
- Fundamentals of randomised controlled trials
- Top things to look for when reading a randomised controlled trial study
- What if there are conflicting findings?
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses