Program
Part I: Evidence-Based Public Health
4 May (Fri) Workshop on Critical Appraisal for Public Health
4 May (Fri) Workshop on Critical Appraisal for Public Health
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s/n
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Time
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Topic
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Format
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Lecturer
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1.1
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9:30 – 9:40
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Welcome & Objectives
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Kuo KN/
Steve
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1.2
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9:40 – 10:30
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Planning a public health review
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Lecture
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MC/Steve
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10:30– 10:45
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TEA
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1.3
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10:45 – 11:15
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Searching the literature
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Lecture
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MC/Steve
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1.4
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11:15 – 12:15
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Appraising public health studies
Knowledge translation to policy making
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Lecture
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MC/Steve
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12:15 - 1:00
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LUNCH
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1.5
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13:00 – 13:45
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Focused question + Study Design /Exercise
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Small Group
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All*
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1.6
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13:45 – 14:30
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Searching Medline systematically /Exercise
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Small Group
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All
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1.7
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14:30 – 15:30
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Understanding the analysis of an RCT /Exercise
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Small Group
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All
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15:30 – 15:45
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TEA
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1.8
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15:45 – 17:00
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Understanding the analysis of an non-RCT /Exercise
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Lecture
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All
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1.9
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17:00 – 17:10
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Debrief
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Discussion
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All
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END OF DAY
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*: small-group sessions in the afternoon will be facilitated with international and local tutors together. Each group would have at maximum 15 participants with 2 tutors.
Part II: Critical Appraisal and Systematic Review
5 May (Sat) Searching for evidence & Critical Appraisal of Clinical Trials
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s/n
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Time
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Topic
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Format
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Lecturer
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1.1
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9.00 – 9.15
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Welcome & Objectives
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1.2
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9.15 – 9.40
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Intro to Cochrane Systematic Reviews
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Lecture
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Steve
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1.3
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9.40 – 10.00
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Focused question + Study Design
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Lecture
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EC
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1.3
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10.00 – 10.30
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Searching for studies
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Lecture
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Miranda
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10.30– 10.45
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TEA
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1.4
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10.45 – 11.00
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Selecting studies
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Lecture
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Miranda
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1.5
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11.00 – 11.30
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Planning a trial
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Group Ex
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all
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1.6
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11.30 – 12.30
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Assessing risk of bias
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Lecture
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EC
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12.30 - 13.30
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LUNCH
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1.7
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13.30 – 14.00
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Assessing risk of bias of an RCT Exercise (Honey)
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Group Ex
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all
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1.7
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14.00 – 14.30
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Intro to RevMan & setting up RoB table
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Demo Ex
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EC
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1.8
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14.30 – 15.00
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PICO & RoB extraction Exercise (Caffeine)
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Group Ex
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all
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15.00 – 15.15
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TEA
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1.9
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15.15 – 15.45
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PICO & RoB extraction Exercise contd (Caffeine)
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Group Ex
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all
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1.10
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15.45 – 16.45
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PICO & RoB RevMan entry Exercise
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Group Ex
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all
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1.11
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16.45- 17.00
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Debrief
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Discussion
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all
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END OF DAY
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6 May (Sun) Using RevMan 5 & GradeProfiler to do a Cochrane Systematic Review
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s/n
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Time
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Topic
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Format
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Lecturer
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2.1
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8.30 – 9.15
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Understanding & extracting quantitative outcome data for RevMan 5 (binary & survival)
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Lecture
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EC
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2.2
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9.15 – 10.00
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Understanding & extracting quantitative outcome data for RevMan 5 (continuous)
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Lecture
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EC
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10.15 – 10.30
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TEA
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