Hi. Welcome to the practice of evidence based health care module.
My name is Annette Lederman and I'm a senior researcher in the Centre for Monitoring
and Diagnosis in the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at Oxford University.
I'm coordinating the teaching of this module together with Carl Hennigan,
who is the director of the Centre for Evidence based Medicine and Academic Director of the evidence based Health Care Program.
This module provides an overview and introduction to the basic concepts and skills of evidence based health care.
It runs over eight weeks. One week it's residential in Oxford and seven weeks on an online course.
You will be asked to prepare an assignment which is handed in at the end of the eight weeks,
as this is one of the compulsory core modules of the MSE and evidence based health care.
You will also get to meet the other students enrolled in the Master's.
The focus of this module is on learning how to look at research and critically evaluate it.
And we will explore the issues, use and benefits in practice.
We will discuss various kinds of studies, including randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews, diagnostic prognostic and qualitative studies.
We will also cover basic statistical concepts needed to interpret studies,
look at some ethical issues and consider the translation of evidence into practice.
Our teachers have diverse backgrounds, including clinical and non-clinical research, statistics, epidemiology, qualitative research and philosophy.
Teaching will be interactive in a small group of up to 24 students with plenty of opportunity for discussion and exchanging ideas.
I look forward to meeting you on the module. Many thanks.
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