Objectives
- To practice critial appraisal of medical literature
- To review recent and clinically inmpacting studies in internal medicine
- To gain familiarity with research and analytic techniques
Read the following review article: Clinician’s Guide to Medical Statistics
Proposed format of each session
First 10 minutes
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- Brief identification of a clinical problem and 2 relevant articles.
- Overview of both articles and identification of key questions.
- Divide into 2 groups, one for each article.
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Next 30 minutes
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- Independently read the methods, results, tables, and figures of the manuscript.
- Small group discussion of methodology, relevant results, and strengths/limitations of the article.
- Small group discussion of key questions identified at the session’s beginning.
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Last 20 minutes
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- Large group compare/contrast article populations, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and other methods.
- Large group discussion of strengths, limitations, and key questions.
- Re-address initial clinical problem in light of article discussion.
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