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THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH
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THE CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CHILD HEALTH
"How to Practise Evidence-Based Child Health"
Edinburgh 22-23 March 2001
The course aims to introduce health care professionals to some key skills
required to use the best available evidence in their clinical decisions.
These include how to:
· Frame answerable questions from clinical or policy problems
· Find the best available evidence to answer the question
· Critically appraise research and other evidence for its validity and
usefulness
· Incorporate evidence into clinical decisions
Programme
Following an introductory presentation on evidence-based child health and
how to get the question right, there will be a series of practical sessions
during which participants will work in small multi-disciplinary groups with
guidance from tutors. Topics covered will include searching the scientific
literature and appraising research articles both on diagnosis and on
therapy. Examples from child health will be used and preparatory material
will be provided in advance of the course.
Who should attend?
Although the course is based on examples of practice and policy problems in
child health, the concepts are relevant to professionals from all sectors
of the health service including: Paediatricians, PAMs, health visitors,
nurses, general practitioners, managers and others whose work relates to
child health will find the examples particularly relevant.
Previous experience in using research evidence to make decisions is an
advantage but not essential. The course is designed for participants who
primarily want to practise, rather than teach, evidence based health care.
For further information or an application form contact:
Mrs Anne Fairbairn, Education & Standards Department, Royal College of
Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ
Tel: 0131 225 7324
Email: [log in to unmask]
Sarah See
Information Officer
Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health
Institute of Child Health
University College London Medical School
30 Guilford Street
London
WC1N 1EH
Tel: 020 7905 2606
Fax: 020 7813 8233
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