GRADE course

Pre-conference course

Goals of the course

Learn to:

• Formulate a focused clinical question
• Move from evidence in single studies to a body of evidence by outcome
• Understand the concepts of the GRADE approach to grading quality of evidence and deciding on the strength of recommendations.

• Date: Aug 22, 2012
• Time: 09:00 am
• Location: Berlin, Germany
• Venue: BCC - Berliner Congress Center
• Conference organiser : G-I-N
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• Duration: 8:00 hours
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Programme

Proposed schedule and content for the course is as follows:

8.30-8.45	Introduction to the course
8.45-9.15	Overview of guideline development
9.15-10.15	The GRADE approach: introduction
10.15-10.30	Break
10.30-11.30	Asking a key question, specific outcomes – small group work
11.30-12.30	The GRADE approach: assessing the quality of evidence
12.30-13.15	Lunch
13.15-14.45	Grading quality of evidence – small group work
14.45-15.15	Moving from evidence to recommendations: theoretical considerations
15.15-15.30	Break
15.30-16	Making recommendations – small group work
16-16.30	Report from small groups and practical  considerations of group process

Main facilitator

• Dr. Holger Schünemann (Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics McMaster University, Canada)