This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy

Target Audience: Research postgraduate students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences


Description:
The session will start with a review of the importance of critical appraisal and the skills needed. Following this during an interactive session students will be introduced to checklists (for example the BMJ CONSORT statement) for improving the quality of clinical research papers. Working in small groups students will evaluate clinical research papers.

Aims: To review the skills needed for critical appraisal and to apply them to the clinical research literature.

Objectives:
By the end of the session you will:

• Understand the principles of critical appraisal and be able to conduct a structured evaluation of the introduction, design, sampling, measures, results and discussion sections of a clinical research study

• Be familiar with relevant checklists to aid with evaluating the quality of a clinical research paper

• Have critically appraised (in small groups) a clinical research paper focusing on an intervention or a survey 

Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.

Print off pre-requisite paperwork/ resources & bring them to the course (optional)
Bring your own laptop/ PC to the course (optional)
Access seminar room on campus
Attend the course at the specified date and time
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/or other attendees
Follow presentation slides during the course

Booking Conditions

Latecomer policy

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Researcher Academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time.

Importance of booking commitment

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. Any paces cancelled within 24 hours will not be processed and the delegate will receive a 'did not attend' record. Please ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list by cancelling with more than 24hours notice, at least.  Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process.

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.