LF:MZKMV0221s Research Methodology - p - Course Information

MZKMV0221s Research Methodology - p

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Dana Dolanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Lucia Hasonová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Friessová (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Dana Dolanová, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine

Timetable

Fri 24. 2. 13:00–15:30 F01B1/709, 16:00–17:40 F01B1/709

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for the seminar is a basic knowledge of the principles of EBHC, which students will acquire during lectures within course "Evidence Based Healthcare and Principles of Creating Systematic Review I" MZEB0131p.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Public Health (programme LF, N-VZDRAV)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of science and research and especially with the methodological concept of GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation). GRADE approach enables us to retrieve evidence, grading evidence and formulate recommendations withing systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines.

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to:
- formulate a clinical, review or guideline question using the PICO tool
- assess the importance of outcomes
- assess the confidence of research evidence
- GRADE research evidence based on factors that decreasing or increasing their quality

Syllabus

• - the concept and importance of the GRADE approach
• - clinical, review vs. guideline question using PICO instrument
• - assessment of the importance of outcomes
• - assessment of the confidence of research evidence
• - grading research evidence based on factors that decreasing or increasing their quality

Literature

recommended literature
• SCHÜNEMANN, Holger J., Yuqing ZHANG a Andrew D. OXMAN. Distinguishing opinion from evidence in guidelines. BMJ. 2019, 366, l4606. ISSN 0959-8138.
• SCHÜNEMANN H, J BROZEK, G. GUYATT, A. OXMAN, eds. GRADE handbook for grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. Updated October 2013. The GRADE Working Group, 2013. Dostupné z guidelinedevelopment.org/handbook.
• GUYATT, H. Gordon a kol. Rating Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations: What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians? BMJ. 2008, 336(7651), 995–998. ISSN 0959-8138.
• GUYATT, Gordon H., a kol. Rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations: Going from evidence to recommendations. BMJ. 2008, 336, 1049. ISSN 0959-8138.
• KLUGAR, Miloslav, Andrea POKORNÁ, Jitka KLUGAROVÁ, Radim LÍČENÍK, Jan MUŽÍK, Dana DOLANOVÁ, Martin KOMENDA, Jakub GREGOR and Ladislav DUŠEK. Metodické postupy pro vytvoření a posuzování nově vytvořených KDP (Czech National Methodology for Clincal Practice Guidelines development). Online. Praha: Agentura pro zdravotnický výzkum České republiky, 2018. 1.0. Tato metodika je nedílnou součástí Metodiky k zajištění jednotného postupu pro vypracování klinických doporučených postupů (KDP) (diagnostických a terapeutických postupů založených na důkazech) akceptovaných na národní úrovni (Ministerstvem zdravotnictví info

Teaching methods

Lecture, discussion, exercise

Assessment methods

The credit is awarded after completing the assigned courses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• MZMV0322s Research Methodology II - p

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5.

• Enrolment Statistics (spring 2023, recent)
  
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