Evidence based medicine – LSP day

This LSP day will promote the application and concepts of evidence-based medicine within paediatrics and child health and offer participants an update on relevant tools, resources and databases.

Participants will be able to:

• Know about evidence-based databases, their strengths and limitations and develop awareness around the levels and hierarchy of evidence
• Understand the importance of formulating a PICO question in trying to answer clinical questions
• Demonstrate the basics of literature search and know about Systematic Reviews, their value in EBM and how they are developed
• Gain an overview of the principles of meta-analysis
• Understand when to use simple statistical tests and their interpretation
• Develop critical appraisal skills and practice their application in appraising published studies
• Know about the different types of bias and the importance of assessing research bias
• Value the use of EBM skills and critical thinking in daily clinical practice
• Know about the use of evidence in complex, system-wide interventions
• Gain ideas on how to get involved in evidence synthesis
• Develop ideas and techniques to enhance the use of Journal Clubs in a meaningful way

This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered delegates up to 30 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.

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