Evidence-Based
Medicine
(Four workshops during the year
2007)
Organized by: Prof. Nabil Dowidar
Principles of Medical Research
– 8-9 January 2007
Workshop
Objectives
By the end of the
workshop each participant will be able to:
1.
Identify suitable topics for research
2.
Select appropriate study sample and design
3.
Define research variables and methods
4.
Construct a research work schedule and action
plan
Workshop
Programme
Monday
8-1-07:
09:00 – 10:00 Registration and group
introduction
10:00 – 11:00 Introduction to medical research
11:00 – 11:45 Select your research topic – Group work
11:45 – 12:30 Plenary
12:30 – 13:00 Coffee
13:00 – 13:30 Sampling and study design
13:30 – 14:15 Design your study – Group work
14:15 – 15:00 Plenary
Tuesday
9-1-07:
09:00 – 09:30 Variables
09:30 – 10:00 Define your research variables – Group work
10:00 – 11:00 Plenary
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee
11:30 – 12:00 Introduction to methodology
12:00 – 12:45 Describe your methods – Group work
12:45 – 13:30 Plenary
13:30 – 14:00 Work schedules and action plans
14:00 – 14:30 Demonstration
14:30 – 15:00 Open discussion and feedback and
certification
Total Fees: 200 L.E.
Clinical Audit – 10-11 April
2007
Workshop
Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1.
Identify suitable topics for
audit
2.
Set audit objectives and
standards
3.
Select audit
sample
4.
Prepare data collection
sheets
Workshop Programme
Tuesday
10-4-07:
09:00 – 10:00 Registration and group introduction
10:00 – 11:00 Introduction to audit
11:00 – 11:45 Select your audit – Group work
11:45 – 12:30 Plenary
12:30 – 13:00 Coffee
13:00 – 13:30 Audit objectives and standards
13:30 – 14:15 Set objectives and standards – Group work
14:15 – 15:00 Plenary
Wednesday
11-4-07:
09:00 – 09:30 Audit sample
09:30 – 10:00 Define your sample – Group work
10:00 – 11:00 Plenary
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee
11:30 – 12:00 Data collection
12:00 – 12:45 Design your data collection sheet – Group
work
12:45 – 13:30 Plenary
13:30 – 14:00 Problem identification and plan for change
14:00 – 14:30 Exercise
14:30 – 15:00 Open discussion and feedback and
certification
Total Fees: 200 L.E.
Analysis of Research Results –
9-10 July 2007
Workshop
Objectives
By the end of the workshop each participant will be able
to:
1.
Define database
variables
2.
Create a research database
on SPSS
3.
Explore and analyze research
results on SPSS
4.
Select appropriate
statistical tests for data analysis on SPSS
Workshop
Programme
Monday
9-7-07:
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Opening remarks, group introduction, course
objectives
10:00 – 10:30 What are research variables
10:30 – 11:30 Create your research database – Group work on
SPSS
11:30 – 12:30 Plenary
12:30 – 13:00 Coffee
13:00 – 13:30 Introduction to exploratory data analysis
13:30 – 14:15 Describe and graph your data – Group work on
SPSS
14:15 – 15:00
Plenary
Tuesday
10-7-07:
09:00 – 09:30 How do statistics work?
09:30 – 10:00 Significance tests – comparison between
groups
10:00 – 11:00 Select your statistical tests – Group work on
SPSS
11:00 – 12:00 Plenary
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee
12:30 – 13:00 Significance tests – association between variables
13:00 – 13:45 Select your statistical tests – Group work on
SPSS
13:45 – 14:30 Plenary
14:30
Closing and certification
Total Fees: 200 L.E.
Evidence-Based Medicine –
22-24 October 2007
Workshop
Objectives
By the end of the workshop an attendant will be able
to:
Understand the steps of evidence-based
practice
Formulate evidence questions
Obtain best available evidence
Monday
22-10-07:
09:00 – 09:30 Registration, group introduction, course
objectives
09:30 – 10:00 Introduction to evidence-based medicine
10:00 – 10:30 Evidence questions
10:30 – 12:00 Formulating questions – Group work
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee
12:30 – 13:30 Netting the evidence
13:30 – 15:00 Searching for best evidence – Group work
Tuesday
23-10-07:
09:00 – 10:00 Critical appraisal of diagnostic studies
10:00 – 11:00 Appraising the evidence – Group work
11:00 – 12:00 Plenary
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee
12:30 – 13:30 Critical appraisal of randomized controlled
studies
13:30 – 14:30 Appraising the evidence – Group work
14:30 – 15:00 Plenary
Wednesday
24-10-07:
09:00 – 10:00 Critical appraisal of systematic reviews and
meta-analysis
10:00 – 11:00 Appraising the evidence – Group work
11:00 – 12:00 Plenary
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee
12:30 – 13:30 Performing a meta-analysis – demonstration
13:30 – 14:30 Feedback
14:30 – 15:00 Closing and Certification
Total Fees: 300 L.E.