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PU5031: EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

This course aims to enable the fundamental understanding and application of evidence based health at an individual- and population-level, focusing on the use of systematic reviews to synthesise evidence as well as methods to translate and implement evidence to inform health practice and policy. Students on this course will work through the stages of a systematic review unit by unit, completing interactive and practical exercises to develop the skills required to conduct a review. They will then study how the evidence produced from systematic reviews is used to shape health policy and practice, at the level of organisations and individual clinical encounters.  

 

 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Mairead Black

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will cover the following broad areas

Principle of systematic reviewing
Searching – sensitivity and precision, working with databases, building and running search strategies, managing search results
Data extraction – types of data to extract, methods and tools for extraction, minimising bias
Quality assessment – determining quality RCTs, case-controls, cohorts, cross-sectional, tools and checklists for quality assessment
Data synthesis and interpretation – meta-analysis, qualitative synthesis
Using evidence through guidelines and policy
Using evidence in clinical practice and shared decision making


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

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Data extraction, quality assessment

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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandDescribe and differentiate between methods of data synthesis
ConceptualUnderstandIllustrate the barriers and facilitators of different methods for the translation of evidence at an individual and population level
ProceduralEvaluateIdentify and critically appraise different types of evidence
ProceduralEvaluateRecognise the role of critical appraisal tools and their appropriate application
ReflectionCreateIntegrate quality assessment findings into data synthesis

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