Critical Appraisal? An Overview of Why and How

Date of Live webinar: Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The need for critical appraisal skills and the ability to teach them is expanding rapidly. Gain foundational critical appraisal skills that set you on the path of increasing your value to your institution and improving your career prospects.

Critical appraisal is the process of systematically evaluating the methodology and conclusions of research studies. Librarians skilled in the area are able to critically read and evaluate health care literature and collaborate with students, health care providers, and researchers to support medical research and the practice of medicine. The need for critical appraisal skills and the ability to teach them is expanding rapidly, affording you opportunities to increase your value to your institution and improve your career prospects.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Define and contextualize critical appraisal within the EBM cycle
Name the four explanations for any study finding
Identify different critical appraisal needs at their institution
Describe librarian roles in delivering critically appraised information
List two sources of critical appraisal tools.
Demonstrate beginner level ability to critically appraise an article.

Audience

Medical librarians and other information professionals who work with health professionals, students, residents, or researchers.

Presenters

Marie Ascher, MS, MPH is the Director of the Phillip Capozzi, MD Library at New York Medical College, a medical librarian for over 30 years, with a particular interest in public health and epidemiology. She is the course director for the Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians CE course and on the faculty of the department of Epidemiology, and the School of Medicine and teaches Evidence Based Practice at New York Medical College.

Abraham Wheeler, AHIP, is a health sciences librarian at Michigan State University, in which capacity he works with the MSU Institute for Health Policy and is the EBM content expert for the College of Osteopathic Medicine and the PA Program. He also works with the Flint Research Group, the Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, and the MSU Institute for Global Health Studies. His work focuses on evidence-based health services policy recommendations. He is a Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians (CAIFL) instructor and has taught several well-reviewed MLA courses and webinars on EBP and critical appraisal.

Registration Information

Length: 1.5 hour webinar
Date: November 20, 2024, 1:00pm-2:30pm, Central Time
Technical information: The login will be sent in advance to access the live webinar, resources, evaluation, and certificate.
Register, participate, and earn 1.5 MLA continuing education (CE) contact hours.