Facilitators: Cathleen Colon-Emeric

Learning Objectives:

1. To continue to investigate the relevance of utilizing EBM in the care of patients and public health policy.
2. To understand the concepts of meta-analysis, heterogeneity, weighting, and effect size.
3. To be able to draw and interpret a forest plot.
4. To critically assess a systematic review, to determine precision and applicability of results.

Class materials:

• Users' Guide to the Medical Literature Interactive
  Click on Access UGI -- Click on Part 1: The Basics -- Select 1E: Summarizing the Evidence

• How to Use an Overview