Workshops

This course has the following learning objectives;

• To understand why evidence-based health and care is important, and the role of critical appraisal within that
• To understand the main elements of systematic reviews and the important quality markers to look out for
• To cover some of the important statistical analyses presented within systematic reviews and what they mean
• To critically appraise a systematic review using the CASP systematic reviews checklist
• To consider whether/how the results of the review can be used in practice

This course has the following learning objectives;

• To become familiar with the CASP randomised controlled trial (RCT) checklist.
• To appraise a randomised controlled trial using the new CASP RCT checklist.
• To be able to identify the key issues about whether the results of a randomised controlled trial are generalisable.
• To increase confidence about using critical appraisal to decide whether the results of a randomised controlled trial are robust enough to be used in routine practice.

This course has the following learning objectives;

• To review the types of data used in research
• To review the main effect measures used in RCTs
• To review the statistics necessary to interpreting effect measures used in RCTs
• To calculate five effect measures from data from a published paper of an RCT
• To be able to explain what the effect sizes mean that have been calculated
• To communicate an RCT’s overall results in the context of the care for that condition and factors important in decision-making about changing practice

This course has the following learning objectives;

• To gain an appreciation of the role and uses of qualitative research
• To understand how the quality of qualitative research is assessed
• To gain experience in critically appraising a qualitative research study
• To explore the interpretation of the results of qualitative research and how to apply them in policy and practice.

This course has the following learning objectives;

• To review the main types of study design
• To explore commonly used terms and their definitions
• To review their key characteristics, and appropriate and inappropriate uses of such study designs
• To summarise the key quality markers for the appraisal of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews with meta-analysis, and cohort studies

This course has the following learning objectives;

• To appraise a randomised controlled trial using the CASP RCT checklist.
• To be able to identify the key issues about whether the results of a randomised controlled trial are generalisable
• To review the types of data used in research
• To review the main effect measures used in RCTs
• To calculate five effect measures from data from a published paper of an RCT
• To be able to explain what the effect sizes mean that have been calculated
• To communicate an RCT’s overall results in the context of the care for that condition and factors important in decision-making about changing practice

CASP has delivered commissioned workshops on a variety of areas & subjects and these depend on the needs of the client, past examples include:

• Workshops with a specific focus e.g. for dental practitioners, for public health, for nurses
• Workshops that deliver compressed training the trainer elements e.g. nursing degree tutors
• Please contact us if you have a specialist area that you think we might be able to help you with.