Critical Appraisal - mitigating bias in health research 28 Jan
Critical Appraisal - mitigating bias in health research
Critical Appraisal is a key skill but why is it so complicated? This 45-minute course run by UHNM and Keele Librarians will help build your confidence in appraising a RCT. By going through key strategies researchers use to mitigate bias will help you understand common themes that feature in quantitative studies. Such as selection bias, dealing with confounders, attrition, publication bias and data dredging. This session will touch on basic statistics, the use of P values, CI and consider MID/MICD in the paper. Further support materials and signposting will also be provided.
What you will learn by the end of the session:
- What and where to look in RCT paper for bias
- Strategies used to mitigate bias in quantitative research papers
- Knowledge of Basics statistics
Certificates are provided upon completion. Please email library.healthlibrarytrainers@keele.ac.uk if you have any questions.
28 January 2026, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Virtually using Microsoft Teams
- Event date
- Event Time
- 12:30PM
- Location
- Virtually using Microsoft Teams
- Organiser
- Health Library Training and Information Support Team
- Contact email
- library.healthlibrarytrainers@keele.ac.uk
- Contact telephone
- 01782679500
