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5-Day
SHORT COURSES
for
health professionals
Ethics in Health
Care 25, 28 September, 3, 6,
13 October 2006
With
the advent of clinical governance, health professionals are being increasingly
called upon to examine the ethics that lie behind treatment decisions. The
overall aim of this course is to provide practical skills that can be
immediately applied to the process of ethical health care decision
making.
Randomised Controlled
Trials 29
September, 3, 5, 10, 12 October 2006
The course aims
to help participants with the practicalities of conducting randomised
trials. This includes the processes for resourcing the trial, recruiting and randomising
participants, maintaining the trial's momentum, and analysing and reporting
it.
Patient Based
Evidence online
starts 25 September 2006; face
to face in
This course is
a blended learning course, combining online learning with 4 days in
Qualitative Research
Methods 2, 4, 9, 10,
12 October 2006
The course is structured to help students
to design and carry out a qualitative project. Students must identify a work-
based issue that can be investigated using a qualitative approach. Participants
conduct fieldwork to collect data, and practical assistance is given with data
analysis and writing up. Small group sessions are used to critically appraise
the quality of qualitative research.
Further Practical
Statistics 19, 21, 26, 29
September, 5 October 2005
This course is designed for health care
professionals or graduate students who already have some research experience and
an understanding of basic statistical principles, and who wish to develop their
statistical expertise. The sessions will be taught informally and
interactively. They will emphasise the practical application of statistical
methods to real-life problems, rather than statistical theory, although an
understanding of the basic concepts will be expected.
Systematic
Reviews 22, 24, 27 Feb. 1, 3 March
2006 & 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 May
2006
This course takes participants through the
process of doing a systematic review, focusing on the practicalities rather than
the theory. It will consider the practical aspects of: question formulation;
study identification; appraisal of quality; data extraction and collection;
statistical synthesis; reporting.
Course venue:
Department for Continuing Education,
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information, or to book a place, please visit our web site
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