Library Research Guides: Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians: Curriculum 2023

Peer Presentations

Peer Presentation Guidelines
During this course you will develop one Peer Presentation on an assigned topic which you will receive at the start of the course.
Peer Presentation and Journal Club Articles

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

Why EBM?
Presentation by Andy Coyle, MD, at the first plenary session 1/18/2023

Module 1: Critical Appraisal and Clinical Study Designs: Basics and Biases

This is the content that you will review prior to your Module 1 small group meeting the Week of January 23.

MODULE 1: Critical Appraisal and Clinical Study Designs: Basics and Biases (Updated 12/20/23) Objectives: After completing this module you will be able to: * Distinguish various types of clinical study designs. * Explain why certain study designs are deemed best to answer certain types of questions. * Identify common sources of research bias. * Explain the difference between cohort and case control studies. * Describe critical appraisal tools and their importance to the practice of evidence-based medicine.
Module 1 Small Group Exercise
Have this sheet ready for your Module 1 small group session.

NOTE: We found an error on the second to last page of the Module 1 course materials. The end of the final sentence in the section titled What is the difference between efficacy and effectiveness? should read, "...efficacy studies have more internal validity, effectiveness studies are more generalizable (or have greater external validity).” Thank you to those participants who identified the mistake.

Module 2: Foundational Stats: Descriptive & Inferential Statistics, Hypothesis Testing

This is the content that you will review prior to your Module 2 small group meeting the Week of January 30.

MODULE 2: Descriptive & Inferential Statistics, Chance, Causation, and Confounding Objectives: After completing this module you will be able to: Describe measures of central tendency and spread Differentiate p values from confidence intervals Describe the role of chance in a study Interpret a confidence interval Describe confounding Describe possible explanations for study outcomes

Module 3: Common Measures of Association in Biomedical Studies: Harm & Therapy Studies

This is the content that you will review prior to your Module 3 small group meeting the Week of February 6.

MODULE 3: Common Measures of Association I: Harm and Therapy Studies Objectives: After completing this module you will be able to: Answer “What are the results?” questions on critical appraisal checklists for therapy and harm studies. Define and distinguish the following measures: relative risk, odds ratio, relative risk reduction/increase, absolute risk reduction, and number needed to treat. Calculate relative risk, odds ratio, relative risk reduction/increase, absolute risk reduction, and number needed to treat.
EBM Cheat Sheet
This is a great handout created by librarians at the Ruth Lilly Library at Indiana University which lists commonly used EBM & Critical Appraisal calculations.

Module 4: Appraising Diagnostic Tool and Screening Studies

This is the content that you will review prior to your Module 4 small group meeting the Week of February 20.

MODULE 4: Common Measures of Association II: Diagnosis and Screening Studies Objectives: After completing this module you will be able to: Describe the difference between screening and diagnosis Calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and likelihood ratios Use pre-test probabilities and likelihood ratios to determine post-test probabilities
Diagnostic Study Measures Help Sheet

CASP Checklist: Diagnostic Test Study

Module 5: Prognosis Studies and Systematic Reviews

This is the content that you will review prior to your Module 5 small group meeting the Week of February 27.

MODULE 5: Prognosis Studies and Systematic Reviews Objectives: After completing this module you will be able to: Describe key features of prognosis studies Differentiate prognostic factors from risk factors Interpret a hazard ratio Interpret a survival curve Describe key features of systematic reviews/meta-analyses Interpret a forest plot

NOTE: The video on "Interpreting Hazard Ratios" mentions a web resource http://cancerguide.org which no longer exists. We have replaced their tutorial in the Module Readings.

CASP Checklist: Systematic Review

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

Dr. Shaneyfelt's Slides

Module 6 : Journal Clubs

The last small group session of CAIFL is a Journal Club. This session is the culmination of everything we have done to this point. Journal club will be held during the final scheduled small group session, during the week of March 13, 2023.

MODULE 6: Journal Club Presentations
How to prepare for and present at a journal club
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