Curricular information is subject to change.
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Formulate a focused clinical question and systematically retrieve best available evidence.
2. Critique methodology of Diagnostic Accuracy studies, Randomised Controlled Trials, Systematic Reviews & Meta-analyses.
3. Analyse statistics used in healthcare research eg Test Sensitivity/ Specificity, Relative Risk, Odds Ratio.
Systematic Literature Searching
Critical Appraisal
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
| Online Learning | 24 |
| Total | 104 |
Not applicable to this module.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment(Including Essay): Search strategy based on focused clinical question. | Week 4 | Graded | No | 20 |
No |
| Exam (Online): One-hour written short-answer-question examination of critical appraisal of previously unseen published papers. | Week 14 | Graded | No | 80 |
No |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Spring | Yes - 1 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Assoc Professor Carla Perrotta | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |