Paul's answer includes an good overview for the whole day, but if Kate
is just asking about the one hour searching workshop, I'd add a couple
of essentials to his item (2):
As Paul says, Pubmed (showing clinical query filters) and Cochrane, are
essentials, but as the audience is NHS Clinicians (presumably in a hurry
for answers, as opposed to more 'leisurely' research), they need to at
least know about NHS Evidence and Athens (especially Guideline finding
and Specialist Collections), even though an hour is not enough to get in
to detail. They should at least know that Pubmed relates to Medline and
that other databases are available.
Very few of our clinicians seem aware that thay have fulltext access to
the journal collections via Athens for example, and few seem to have
heard of NHS Evidence, despite our best efforts.
I would suggest Dynamed, CKS or TRIP Database are worth flagging for a
snapshot overview of a topic. A comment highlighting what is a 'good'
source, or showing the hierarchy of evidence (looking for Guidlines,
then Reviews, then RCTs etc). Again the idea is that NHS clinicians,
perhaps in a hurry from a ward-based PC checking out a condition need as
instant an answer as possible, which is where CKS and/or Dynamed (and
UpToDate if you subscribe to it) are useful. And Map of Medicine. I
think I have about three hours worth there already...
A one hour workshop that explains briefly some context (levels of
evidence), teaches 2 topics in (20 minute) depth, highlights 2-3 other
resources and provides a good resource list for later reference can be
very useful. And heavy going. Making it fun is the next challenge. Not
sure I've managed that bit yet...
Best wishes
Mark.
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>>> Paul Elias <[log in to unmask]> 17/12/2009 20:36 >>>
Hi Kate:
1.) see if you can secure some Oxford EBM workbooks written by Paul
Glaziou..excellent
2.) focus searching on pubmed and cochrane...define the difference
3.) spend time first orienting on some key concepts that pervade the
literature and they must be able to be comfortable to help make
decisions....these are estimates RR, OR, rel risk difference, absolute
risk diff, NNT,NNH, incidence, prevalence, rate/risk/ratio definitions,
4.) designs: case-series, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, RCT,
systematic reviews and what stats analysis is applicable
5.) nothing is better than using maybe 4 studies, RCTs, and going
through it line by line as to methods and results...i.e. focus on
internal validity random assignment, allocation concealment, group
differences at baseline and what that means...do not need be tough
papers as this will be negative and laborious to them...use simple ones
but ones that cover the essentials...thus use the CONSORT, PRISMA,
QUORUM etc. to guide you in showing them what is good and what is not
good in the published evidence base...in other words, what is
expected...
do not do too much as will be overwhelmed but these are key ...Paul's
book alone is a good stand alone.....
Best Wishes,
Paul
--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Kate Boddy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Kate Boddy <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Searching workshop ideas needed
To: [log in to unmask]
Received: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 3:12 PM
Dear All
Next year we are rolling out a new one day EBM workshop. I have been
tasked with setting up an hour long searching session as part of this
course. It is aimed at NHS clinicians – a group I have not worked with
before.
I would like to pick your collective brain for hints and tips, examples
and session plans that you have found worked well.
The session is to be introductory, for beginners. It will be delivered
in small groups (max 8). We aim to help them answer clinical queries,
using one or two resources.
I’d like to make the session really interactive; any fun ideas
especially welcome.
If you are willing to share ideas I would be very grateful. I can
collate responses and provide an overview of the replies I receive.
Kind regards,
Kate
Kate Boddy
Information Specialist
PenCLAHRC
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Universities of Exeter and Plymouth
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