CE 704
Understanding Health Care Literature: Advanced Critical Appraisal Skills

Level: Advanced
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $220 (nonmember, $400)
Attendance Maximum: 25

Instructor(s): Kathleen Ann McKibbon, Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Offered: Saturday, May 16, 7:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

This is an advanced course on critical appraisal for those who are interested in learning how to read and apply clinical articles or those who are involved in teaching critical appraisal. The course will be based on three to five scenarios and rounds of using supplied articles to come to a clinical decision. Each round of critical appraisal will be done using a different approach to the process. At the end of the class, attendees will discuss the benefits and harms of each of the ways of presenting critical appraisal.