Finding the evidence course



Friday, 12th September 2008 (BMA House, London)

This one-day practical course will give an overview of evidence-based healthcare, demonstrate a range of evaluated healthcare resources and tools for searching unevaluated resources, and introduce basic concepts of critical appraisal.

Who is it for?
  • Doctors seeking evidence-based healthcare information for use in clinical practice
  • Health librarians needing to search for evidence-based health information on behalf of their users
  • Those needing to train fellow healthcare professionals in searching evidence-based resources.
What is covered?
  • Defining evidence-based healthcare
  • Focusing the search question using the PICO method
  • Online sources of evidence (evaluated and unevaluated) with time to investigate them for yourself
  • Basic critical appraisal skills.
We will assume you:
  • have basic knowledge of Internet Explorer
  • have basic experience of searching the MEDLINE database.
Location and times: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP.
Registration 9.30am; start 9.45am; lunch 12.30 – 1.30 pm; end 4pm.

Cost: £180 +VAT(£211.50) (members); £360 +VAT(£423) (non-members). Lunch included.
We will send a confirmation letter and an invoice, to be paid before the course. One week’s written notice is required for full refunds.
Make an online booking for the Finding the Evidence course here.

More information:
Call Euphemia Abraham at BMA Library on 020 7383 6136, email: eabraham@bma.org.uk.

Course objectives:
  • At the end of the course you will:
  • Understand the main concepts of evidence based healthcare
  • Be able to formulate a search question using the PICO methodology
  • Have translated a focused search question into a search strategy
  • Understand the importance of the hierarchy of research evidence
  • Understand the use of filters as search tools and have practiced with at least two examples
  • Have investigated a range of evaluated sources of evidence
  • Have investigated a range of non-evaluated sources of evidence
This course is subject to approval for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by the Royal College of Physicians for 5 CPD points.
This event offers UKCHIP registrants the opportunity for continuing professional development

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You might like to follow this course with our Critical Appraisal Skills workshop.

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