Stay up to date in your clinical practice!
An Introduction to Evidence-based Dentistry
Moderators:
- Dr. Fariba Motevasselian
- Dr. Mohammad Reza Khami
- Dr. Hossein Hessari
Prof. Jorma Virtanen
University of Bergen, Norway
Prof. Saadika Khan
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Prof. Nagendrababu Venkateshbabu
University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Prof. Pulikkotil Shaju Jacob
International Medical University, Malaysia
Prof. Mohammad Hossein Nekoofar
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Why join this course?
As health professionals, we have a professional responsibility to provide the best available care for our patients and community. With the fast growing knowledge in our age, the so-called “information explosion” age, it is becoming more and more impossible to rely just on what we learn during our formal undergraduate and postgraduate programs for our life-long practice. Life-long learning has already been known as an essential skill for all health professionals.
This program provides a conceptual and practical toolkit to current and future oral health professionals to enable them to keep themselves up to date.
What do you learn?
This will provide participants a theoretical basis and practical skills in evidence-based approach, literature search, and critical appraisal in order to better extract, sense and apply the most valid evidences in their routine daily practice.
Who can apply?
- Clinical dental students (third year and more)
- Holders of BDS, DDS, MSc, or specialty degree in the field of dental sciences
What are the learning outcomes?
Understand the importance of being up to date and life-long learning
- Be able to define evidence-based approach
- Be able to promote daily routine clinical queries to a clear question in PICO (Problem, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome) format
- Be able to effectively and comprehensively search the literature and extract relevant articles
- Be able to critically appraise the literature, and extract and sense the latest evidences on the subject
- Be able to find the best available answer to the defined question
Programs on this course
Introduction to evidence-based dentistry (EBD): 2 hours
-Why being up to date?
-Steps of EBD
Defining a clear question: 4 hours
-Various types of clinical questions
-PICO approach for question definition
-Interactive workshop
Searching for evidence-based resources:4 hours
-Introduction to databases
-Basic and advanced search strategies
-Use of MeSH to search Medline database
-Interactive workshop
Critical appraisal of the literature: 8 hours
-Principles of critical appraisal
-Classification of epidemiologic studies
-Standardized reporting guidelines
-Critical appraisal of cross-sectional studies
-Critical appraisal of observational studies
-Critical appraisal of RCTs
-Critical appraisal of systematic reviews
-Interactive workshop
Certificate:
Please be notified that only those who attend at least 4 days of the course will be awarded with certificate
Program:
Day 1: Introduction to evidence-based dentistry (EBD)
Wednesday, 18.11.2020
Topic | Lecturer | Time (Tehran Time (UTC+3:30)) |
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Prof. Mohammad Hossein Nekoofar | ||
Break | 15:00-15:15 | |
Break | 16:30-16:45 | |
From research to scientific publication | Prof. Jorma Virtanen | 15:15-16:30 |
Interactive workshop | Prof. Jorma Virtanen | 16:45-17:45 |
Introduction to the course | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 14:00-14:30 |
Q & A | 17:45-18:00 | |
Steps of EBD | Prof. Mohammad Hossein Nekoofar | |
Why being up to date? | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 14:30-15:00 |
Day 2: Defining a clear question in EBD
Wednesday, 25.11.2020
Topic | Lecturer | Time (Tehran Time (UTC+3:30)) |
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Break | 15:00-15:15 | |
Break | 16:15-16:30 | |
Interactive workshop | Prof. Saadika Khan | 16:30-17:30 |
PICO approach for question definition | Prof. Saadika Khan | 15:15-16:15 |
Q & A | 17:30-18:00 | |
Various types of clinical questions | Prof. Saadika Khan | 14:00-15:00 |
Day 3: Searching for evidence-based resources
Wednesday, 02.12.2020
Topic | Lecturer | Time (Tehran Time (UTC+3:30)) |
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Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | ||
Basic and advanced search strategies | Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | 15:15-15:45 |
Introduction to databases | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 14:00-15:00 |
Use of MeSH to search Medline database | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 15:45-16:30 |
Break | 15:00-15:15 | |
Break | 16:30-16:45 | |
Interactive workshop | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 16:45-17:30 |
Q & A | 17:30-18:00 |
Day 4: Critical appraisal of the literature- Part 1
Wednesday, 09.12.2020
Topic | Lecturer | Time (Tehran Time (UTC+3:30)) |
---|---|---|
Break | 15:30-15:45 | |
Break | 16:45-17:00 | |
Classification of epidemiologic studies | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 14:00-14:30 |
Critical appraisal of RCTs | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 16:15-16:45 |
Critical appraisal of cross-sectional and observational studies | Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | 15:45-16:15 |
Interactive workshop | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | 17:00-17:45 |
Principles of critical appraisal | Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | 14:30-15:30 |
Q & A | 17:45-18:00 | |
Standardized reporting guidelines |
Day 5*: Critical appraisal of the literature- Part 2
Wednesday, 16.12.2020
* Exceptionally from 13:30 to 17:30
Topic | Lecturer | Time (Tehran Time (UTC+3:30)) |
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Prof. Pulikkotil Shaju Jacob | ||
Prof. Pulikkotil Shaju Jacob | ||
Break | 15:30-15:45 | |
Critical appraisal of systematic reviews (SRs) | Prof. Nagendrababu Venkateshbabu | 14:30-15:30 |
Interactive workshop | Prof. Nagendrababu Venkateshbabu | 16:45-17:15 |
Introduction to various types of reviews | Prof. Nagendrababu Venkateshbabu | 13:30-14:30 |
Q & A | 17:15-17:30 | |
Risk of bias in RCTs | Prof. Nagendrababu Venkateshbabu | 15:45-16:45 |
Day 6: Making sense of evidences
Wednesday, 23.12.2020
Topic | Lecturer | Time (Tehran Time (UTC+3:30)) |
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Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | ||
Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | ||
Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | ||
Break | 16:00-16:15 | |
Concluding remarks | Prof. Mohammad Reza Khami | 17:30-18:00 |
Hierarchy of evidences | Prof. Mohammad Hossein Nekoofar | 14:00-15:00 |
Interactive workshop | Prof. Mohammad Hossein Nekoofar | 16:15-17:15 |
Interpretation of evidences | Prof. Ahmad Reza Shamshiri | 15:00-16:00 |
Q & A | 17:15-17:30 |
Videos:
Day 1: Introduction to evidence-based dentistry (EBD)
Wednesday, 18.11.2020
Why being up to date?
Steps of EBD
Day 2: Defining a clear question in EBD
Wednesday, 25.11.2020
Various types of clinical questions
PICO approach for question definition
Day 3: Searching for evidence-based resources
Wednesday, 02.12.2020
Introduction to Databases
Basic & Advanced Search Strategies
Use of MeSH to Search Medline Database
Day 4: Critical appraisal of the literature- Part 1
Wednesday, 09.12.2020
Classification of epidemiologic studies
Principles of critical appraisal and Standardized reporting guidelines
Critical appraisal of cross-sectional and observational studies
Critical appraisal of RCTs
Day 5: Critical appraisal of the literature- Part 2
Wednesday, 16.12.2020
Introduction to various types of reviews and Critical appraisal of systematic reviews (SRs)
Risk of bias in RCTs
Day 6: Making sense of evidences
Wednesday, 23.12.2020
Hierarchy of evidences
Interpretation of evidences
Interactive workshop