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Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians: Schedule

CAIFL 2023 Schedule

January-March 2023
* All CAIFL listed times are Eastern US Time

Participants must attend all components in order to receive MLA CE credit.

Plenary 1: Wednesday 1/18 1:00 - 2:30 PM Eastern

Agenda

General Welcome and Introductions (Marie Ascher, Dr. Terry Shaneyfelt)
Plenary Lecture: Dr. Andrew Coyle, "Why Critical Appraisal?"

Small Group breakouts - Meet your small group


During each of the modules listed below, participants are to meet in their small groups which are assigned at the start of the course based upon time slot preferences. During modules 2-5 you will be assigned one topic to teach to your peers as practice. Peer teaching is a mandatory component of the workshop.

*If you cannot make any particular session, make arrangements with your facilitator in advance. You can attend another small group that week unless you are scheduled to peer teach for that week. In order to receive MLA CE credit, you must attend all small group sessions.

Module 1: Week of January 23:
Intro to Critical Appraisal: Clinical Study Designs: Basics and Biases.

Module 2: Week of January 30:
Foundational Stats: Descriptive & Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing.

Module 3: Week of February 6:
Common Measures of Association in Biomedical Studies 1: Therapy and Harm Studies


BREAK: Week of February 13 


Module 4: Week of February 20:
Common Measures of Association in Biomedical Studies 2: Appraising Diagnosis and Screening Studies.

Module 5: Week of February 27:
Common Measures of Association in Biomedical Studies 3: Prognosis Studies and Systematic Reviews.


Plenary 2: Wednesday 3/8 2:00-3:30 PM:

Agenda:
Plenary Lecture - Dr. Terry Shaneyfelt, M.D., "Pulling it all together"
Panel Discussion (CAIFL Facilitators): Supporting EBM at your Institution.


Module 6: Week of March 13:
Journal Club Presentations in your small groups