Offered
Alfred Hospital Second semester 2008 (Day)
Alfred Hospital Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Synopsis
Critical appraisal of literature reviews; problem formulation and protocol development; intra-rater agreement for assessment of relevance; validity assessments; data collection forms; variation between study findings, combining the findings of independent studies, inferences based upon overviews; statistics of meta analysis, Cochrane Collaboration.
Objectives
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- critically appraise literature reviews;
- perform a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Assessment
Group presentation of a systematic review (50%)
Individual critical appraisal of a published literature review (50%)
Contact hours
15 contact hours over 2 days
Prerequisites
MPH1040 and MPH1041 or MPH1030 and MPH1031
