[Anchasl-l] Save the Date!!!! ANCHASL Spring Meeting, 4/29/11

[Karen Grigg]

Coming April 29, 2010

ANCHASL Spring Meeting with the following MLA CE Course "EBM: Introduction to study design and critical appraisal", offered by Connie Schardt.  The course and business meeting will take place at the Searle Center at Duke University.  This course comes with 4 MLA CE credits. Please plan to join us.



Course Description:

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This course is designed to give learners an introduction to critical appraisal skills through an understanding of basic study designs and validity issues related to reducing bias in clinical studies. The course will focus on understanding the basic study designs in medicine (case-control, cohort, randomized controlled clinical trial, systematic review, and Meta analysis). Learners will also discuss the criteria for determining internal validity of therapy studies. After completing this course, learners will be better able to: identify appropriate study designs; identify validity criteria; help support evidence-based medicine within their own institutions. Teaching methods will include discussion, case studies, group exercises, and practice in appraising articles.

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Registration form will be ready soon.

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Karen Stanley Grigg
Associate Director of Collection Development Services
Duke Medical Center Library & Archives
201 Seeley Mudd Bldg, DUMC 3702
Durham, NC 27710
919.660.1122
karen.grigg at duke.edu
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