Hi Kate,
To follow up on Paul E's suggestions, in an hour I would do
1. A hands-on walk through of a search e.g.,
PubMed search for glucosamine AND osteoarthritis - 562 hits, then
PubMed Clinical Queries using the therapy filter - 71 hits
and point on the reivew and related articles buttons.
2. Get them to do a search solo from a question that you know there is
good information on (a system review or high quality studies)
3. A search on their *own* question (more difficult - but they will get
intrigued and not want to stop!)
Towards the end I would then show them a meta-search engine such as TRIP
(or NHS Evidence or ...).
However, as Mark suggested, the other order may be better (a trial
anyone?) - but I think its easier to build up to that.
Good luck
Paul Glasziou
Paul Elias wrote:
> 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
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> --- On *Thu, 12/17/09, Kate Boddy /<[log in to unmask]>/* wrote:
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> 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.
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>
>
> I would like to pick your collective brain for hints and tips,
> examples and session plans that you have found worked well.
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> 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.
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>
>
> I’d like to make the session really interactive; any fun ideas
> especially welcome.
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> 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
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>
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> Kate Boddy
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> Information Specialist
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