Numbering Code	P-PUB01 8H094 LB90	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, First semester
Number of Credits	1	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	Professional degree students	Target Student
Language	Japanese and English	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	NAKAYAMA TAKEO (Graduate School of Medicine Professor) TAKAHASHI YOSHIMITSU (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor) NOGUCHI YOSHINORI (Part-time Lecturer) SHIKATA　SATORU (Part-time Lecturer) TANAKA YU (Part-time Lecturer) ISHIZAKI TATSURO (Part-time Lecturer) SASAKI HATOKO (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	・This course is one of the elective classes of School of Public Health. ・This course provides students with skills of critical appraisal of literature or information retrieved, as being based on fundamental knowledge of epidemiology and evidence-based medicine
Course Goals	To acquire skills of critical appraisal of literature or information retrieved.
Schedule and Contents	Lectures and Hands-on practice will be provided online.(tentative) Please prepare your PC and the Internet. I April 11 Orientation II June 13 Evaluation of papers of clinical trials by CASP III June 20 Evaluation of bias using cases (1) IV June 27 Evaluation of bias using cases (2) V July 4 Through the Cochrane Review VI July 11 Evaluation of papers of Meta-analysis by CASP VII July 25 Evaluation of clinical guidelines by AGREE VIII September 12 4th-5th Special seminar 　　　　　　　　Required Thinking Skills for Healthcare Professionals: Perspectives from Clinical Epidemiology 　　　　　　　　From meta-analysis to community health and the local government
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Participation in class and discussion, short report for each lecture (30%) & Report (70%)
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Rather than spending more time on your preparation, please put more energy into the review.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	The material necessary for the lecture will be provided by lecturers.
References, etc.	Rinsho kenkyu to ekigaku kenkyu notameno kokusai ruru shu, Nakayama T, Tsutani K, (Lifescience shuppan)