Participants must attend all components in order to receive MLA CE credit.
Plenary 1: Wednesday 1/22/25 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 27:
Intro to Critical Appraisal: Clinical Study Designs: Basics and Biases.
Module 2: Week of February 3:
Foundational Stats: Descriptive & Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing.
Module 3: Week of February 10:
Common Measures of Association in Biomedical Studies 1: Therapy and Harm Studies
BREAK: Week of February 17
Module 4: Week of February 24:
Common Measures of Association in Biomedical Studies 2: Appraising Diagnosis and Screening Studies.
Module 5: Week of March 3:
Common Measures of Association in Biomedical Studies 3: Prognosis Studies and Systematic Reviews.
Plenary 2: Wednesday 3/12/25 2-3:30 PM Eastern
Agenda:
Panel Discussion (CAIFL Facilitators): Journal Club preparation/demonstration/discussion on teaching EBM
Module 6: Week of March 17:
Journal Club Presentations in your small groups