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Program 6
Program 6: Understanding Clinical Evidence
This Program explains the principles of science, clinical science, and evidence-based practice. Foundational statistical principles are explored, as well as statistics specific to clinical literature. Higher-order thinking skills are applied through analysis of clinical papers, systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Program 6 is comprised of 5 modules and is estimated to take approximately 25 hours to complete.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Describe the policies, procedures and regulations governing clinical trials
- Explain the principles of evidence-based practice
- Understand basic statistical principles and how they are applied
- Interpret commonly used statistical tests
- Perform foundational statistical calculations
- Critically appraise a clinical paper
- Compare and contrast systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- Evaluate types of bias and discuss how they can affect research
Module contents
This Module provides background context, which is required to fully understand clinical evidence. This includes how scientific papers are written and published, how clinical trials are run, and how evidence is typically used in the clinical setting.
This Module and the next provide an entry level understanding of the way data is collected, analysed and interpreted to provide clinical insights. This is an essential step in being able to accurately interpret the claims made in clinical papers.
This module looks at how data can be used for clinical purposes. It explores key concepts of statistical significance, common statistical measures used in clinical papers and clinical significance. It introduces health economics as a way of comparing two or more treatments.
This module will help provide you with the skills required to understand, analyse and critically review clinical papers.
This module covers two reliable and valuable forms of secondary literature: systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It explores how these are performed, and why can be a stronger form of evidence than individual clinical studies.
Video: CEP graduate Natasha Williams explains how Program 6 equipped her for detailed discussions of clinical evidence with healthcare professionals. Duration 1:32.
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