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Thinking Critically: Interpreting Randomized Clinical Trials


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Date & Location
Friday, September 4, 2015, 12:00 AM - Saturday, July 24, 2021, 12:00 AM PST

Overview

Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Department of Health Research and Policy (Division of Epidemiology) at Stanford University School of Medicine

This course seeks to fulfill the clinical community’s need to improve skills in the critical evaluation of clinical research papers. Competency in critical appraisal skills can have a significant impact by improving clinical practice, quality of research projects, and peer-review of manuscripts and grants. The course will utilize efficient and engaging videos with relevant clinical examples to cover essential research methodology principles. The online format will provide opportunities for self-paced learning and practicing critical appraisal of a variety of published studies that evaluate benefit, harm, and prognosis.

Registration
  •   Release Date: September 4, 2015
      Expiration Date:
     July 24, 2021
      Estimated Time to Complete:
     2 hours
      CME Credits Offered:
     2.00
      Registration Fee: 
     FREE

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (2.00 hours)


Objectives
  1. Analyze the concepts of randomization and blinding in reducing bias.
  2. Develop strategies to critically appraise randomized clinical trials and determine if study results are valid.

Accreditation

The Stanford University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Stanford University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Participation following this activity that may be used for license renewal.

 


Additional Information

Cultural and Linguistic Competency

The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws. You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html

Bibliography

Guyatt GH, Rennie D. Users' guides to the medical literature. JAMA. 1993;270:2096-2097.

Guyatt GH, Sackett DL, Cook DJ. Users' guides to the medical literature II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. B. What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.JAMA. 1994;271:59-63.

Guyatt GH, Sackett DL, Cook DJ. Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1993;270:2598-2601.

Oxman AD, Sackett DL, Guyatt GH. Users' guides to the medical literature. I. How to get started. The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1993;270:2093-2095.

Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D; CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials. Ann Intern Med. 2010; 152(11):726-32.

For a complete listing please see the References/Resources  section of the course.



Disclosures

The following planners, speaker, and reviewer have indicated that they have no relationships with industry to disclose relative to the content of this activity:

  • Steven Goodman, MD, PhD, MHS
    Professor of Medicine and of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology)
    Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Course Director
  • Rita Popat, MSPT, MS, PhD
    Clinical Associate Professor, 
    Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology)
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Co-Course Director
    Speaker
  • Sarah Osmundson, MD
    Clinical Assistant Professor, 
    Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Content Reviewer
  • Raymond Deng, MS
    Medical Student 
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Planner


This activity received no commercial support.

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