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A few places are still available on the following short courses in Evidence-Based Health Care: - The Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care (Dentistry) - Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Screening - Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods - History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care The Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care (Dentistry), 12-16 March 2012 An introduction to the basic concepts and skills of Evidence-Based Health Care including formulation of a research question and critical review of research evidence. Lead tutor: Dr Derek Richards, Consultant in Dental Public Health, NHS Forth Valley; Director at the Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry and the Editor at the Evidence-Based Dentistry Journal. For more information please visit our website: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/tpebhcd1 Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Screening, 16-20 April 2012 Advanced critical appraisal and application of best evidence on diagnostic tests. Lead tutor: Dr Annette Pluddemann, Director of the Horizon Scanning Programme at the University of Oxford. For more information please visit our website: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ebds3 Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods, 14-18 May 2012 An introduction to advanced concepts and skills for research design, including identifying study types, how these affect interpretation of results and how to establish criteria for evaluating good and bad evidence. Lead tutor: Dr Sharon Mickan, Deputy Director of Postgraduate Programmes in Evidence-Based Health Care at the University of Oxford. For more information please visit our website: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/isdrm2 History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care, 16-20 July 2012 An exploration of the history and philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care, including ‘placebo controls’, ‘the evolution of scientifically-defensible methods of information synthesis’ and ‘whether average results apply to individuals’. Lead Tutor: Dr Jeremy Howick, Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Guest speakers include: Professor Mike Kelly, Director of Public Health Excellence at National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and Sir Ian Chalmers, Co-ordinator, James Lind initiative. For more information please visit our website: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/hpebhc1 Please visit our website www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ebhc11 for more information about Oxford part-time master’s and doctoral programmes in Evidence-Based Health Care and Health Research. Contact us: Email: [log in to unmask] – Phone: +44 (0)1865 286 941 – Fax: +44 (0)1865 286 934 You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.