HAD5305H

Evidence-Based Guidelines

Prerequisite

HAD5301H – Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology OR equivalent
Recommended: HAD5308H – Evidence Synthesis: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

Description

Each student will select a guideline topic applicable to their field and apply principles learned during seminars to the development of the guideline. During the latter part of the course, participants will present their guideline to classmates to experience the consensus development phase of the course.

Objectives

  1. To understand the characteristics of high-quality guidelines
  2. To be able to develop an analytic framework to guide evidence extraction and synthesis
  3. To discuss criteria for grading quality of evidence wrt diagnostic tests and interventions
  4. To understand strength of recommendations
  5. To develop skills in forming recommendations based on strength of evidence

Instructors

Samir Gupta

Natasha B. Leighl

Evaluation

Participation
20%
Analytic framework
20%
Evidence tables
20%
Final paper
40%