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Wednesday 3 June 2015

BMA One Day Courses

http://bma.org.uk/about-the-bma/bma-library/library-courses 
The BMA Library runs a number of different one day courses aimed at all health care professionals.                Each course costs £160+VAT for BMA Members and £320+VAT for non-members.

Understanding Medical Statistics Workshop
This course will cover basic statistical concepts as used in papers, such as confidence intervals and p-values and communicate about statistics, particularly about risk and measures of risks.
Monday, 9 March
Monday, 12 October
Monday, 7 December

Analysing Medical Statistics Workshop
This course will introduce basic statistical analysis that will help delegates to plan and undertake their research, covering sampling and sample size estimation.
The trainers strongly recommend that anybody considering this course should first attend the Understanding Statistics Workshop.
Tuesday, 10 March
Tuesday, 13 October
Tuesday, 8 December

Critical Appraisal Skills Basic Workshop
Intensive overview of the skills needed and resources available for critical appraisal, and will provide ideas on how these can be used on return to the workplace.
Thursday, 19 March
Friday, 5 June
Thursday, 17 September

Critical Appraisal Skills Extended Workshop
Interactive and practical with advanced tips and advice. Delegates must have basic knowledge of evidence-based healthcare and be aware of the main resources.
Friday, 20 March
Monday, 29 June
Friday, 18 September

Research Methods Workshop
Detailed overview of the main quantitative research methods, what they are, when and how each method is applied, and how the resulting data are analysed and interpreted.
Monday, 8 June
Friday, 26 June

If you have any queries about our courses please email the Library Administrator, Euphemia Abraham -
eabraham@bma.org.uk
Medline Bespoke Tutorial
We also offer an on-demand, by appointment only, one-to-one half day session to cover all the essentials of searching Medline using the OvidSP interface and can be tailored to your individual needs.
These tutorials are completely free for BMA Members. (The cost for Library Institutional Members is £80+VAT.)

To book a session please contact Helen Elwell on Tel: 020 7383 6582 or email:
helwell@bma.org.uk