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Learning outcomes: Appreciate the different categories of medical research. Understand the difference between research, audit and quality improvement. Develop an understanding of how case-control, cohort and randomised control trials are conducted. Explore the strengths and limitations of these study types enabling critical appraisal of a research study.
Learning outcomes: Understand what basic scientific research is. Appreciate that basic research provides the underlying science behind clinical investigations/trials. Gain an understanding of a day in the life of a basic science researcher
Learning outcomes: Choosing a supervisor, skills required for academia, importance of mentoring. Understand how a systematic review and meta-analysis are conducted, with detail of relevant statistical methods. Guidance on approaching your own systematic review: from protocol to publication.
Learning outcomes: Be able to interpret and calculate common measures used in medical research: odds ratio, relative risk, incidence, prevalence, positive, negative predictive value. Understand which statistical test should be used to detect statistical significance, and why it is used over other methods (Parametric and nonparametric methods). Understand the concept and determinants of statistical power
Learning outcomes: Understanding the process of manuscript composition. Appreciate factors affecting journal selection, avoiding predatory journals. Understand authorship criteria and article processing fees.
Learning outcomes: Practice in critical appraisal of a scientific paper. Use of the PICO Model. Assessment of external and internal validity
