E-drug: CASP workshop announcement
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CRITICAL APPRAISAL SKILLS PROGRAMME -
Satellite event of the 8th International Cochrane Colloquium,
24th October, Cape Town, South Africa
This is workshop is intended to demonstrate the teaching methodology
of the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme.
WHAT IS THE CRITICAL APPRAISAL SKILLS PROGRAMME?
The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) is an educational
programme which began in the UK. It is based on a workshop format
where participants learn the principles and then practice critical
appraisal. Some of those attending these workshops will go on to be
trainers themselves and undertake the training in their own
organisations on a cascade principle.
WHAT IS THE AIM OF CASP AND WHO IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE?
CASP is aimed at health service practitioners and decision-makers and
indeed anyone interested in health care. Participants learn skills in
finding, appraising and acting on evidence about effectiveness.
The aim of the programme is to make decisions about health & health
care more evidence-based.
DATE AND TIME OCTOBER 24TH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON
TARGET AUDIENCE
It is aimed at participants who are interested in teaching critical
appraisal skills, especially to multidisciplinary groups.
It is particularly intended for anyone who might be interested in
starting up a Critical Appraisal Skills Programme in their own
country.
NUMBERS: Up to 25 participants.
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE CASP SATELLITE WORKSHOP?
It takes the form of a teaching workshop followed by a discussion on
how to implement a Critical Appraisal Skills Programme in your own
setting.
Presenters
Dr. Tom Marshall, Department of Public Health & Epidemiology,
University of Birmingham. Co-ordinator of CASP international network.
Dr. Amanda Burls, Department of Public Health & Epidemiology,
University of Birmingham.
Dr. Jose Ignacio Emparanza, CASPEspana.
Dr. Klara Tisocki, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of
Zimbabwe.
Programme
Participants should have familiarised themselves with the workshop
materials beforehand. This should take about one hour of reading time.
TIME ACTIVITY WHOLE GROUP OR SMALL GROUPS
13.30 Introduction & vote on clinical question Whole group
13.45 Critical appraisal talk Whole group
14.15 Critically appraise an article Small
groups)
15.00 Tea
15.20 Feedback from small groups Whole group
16.00 Vote on clinical question & close CASP workshop
16.15 Open discussion on how to set up a CASP network in a
country (with examples from Spain).
Whole group
17.15 End
Cost: $20
WHAT CASP WORKSHOP MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE?
CASP workshops are multidisciplinary and participatory. Teaching
materials are available for workshops on:
Finding the evidence
Critical appraisal of randomised controlled trials
Critical appraisal of systematic reviews
Critical appraisal of economic evaluations, diagnostic tests,
qualitative studies, case-control studies and cohort studies.
WHAT IS THE CASP CASCADE?
Interested participants are identified from CASP workshops. They are
encouraged to attend future workshops as small group facilitators.
They can then be trained at a CASP "training the trainer" workshop
and may organise and run future workshops themselves.
CASP UK has a policy that all their materials are freely usable by
others (especially people who have been trained through CASP). All
they ask is that any copyrighted CASP material is acknowledged as
coming from CASP, and that the materials should not be sold or used
to generate income.
Douglas Ball
Drug & Toxicology Information Service
Dept of Pharmacy
University of Zimbabwe
PO Box A178 Avondale
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 263-4-790233
Fax: 263-4-790233 or 795019
e-mail: dball@healthnet.zw
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