About this course
This course is designed to advance your skills in conducting systematic literature searches, appraising data and ensuring the clinical evidence collected is acceptable to the regulatory authorities or notified bodies reviewing it. The course provides you with opportunities to practice the literature review process and learn the scientific techniques including basic statistical considerations. It also introduces you to the requirements for clinical evaluations and literature reviews in other countries including those outside Europe such as the USA and Australia.
What You Will Learn
At the end of this two-day advanced course you should be well versed in the systematic literature review process and be able to produce high quality clinical evaluation reports. You will know how to conduct a systematic literature review and how to structure and build all the necessary documents which form part of the clinical evaluation process. At the end of the course you should clearly understand the following:
- How to select objectives
- How to identify key questions and keywords
- How to select and search databases
- How to do a manual search
- How to filter abstracts
- How to appraise (value) and weight articles
- How to evaluate the literature
- How to manage references and how to obtain full text article
- How to appraise clinical studies
- How to select comparator devices
- How to ensure quality throughout the process
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for those who have already been involved in putting together a clinical evaluation and have some knowledge of the whole process. The course is aimed at an advanced level and therefore only those who have already attended the precursor courses to this one or have experience of conducting reviews should consider enrolling.
This course forms part of the ‘Clinical Evaluation for Medical Devices’ suite
Venue
AMP Technology Centre, Sheffield, UK
We have selected the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) Technology Centre near Sheffield as its location and environment are ideal to centralise and control our services. Based in a region well known for its expertise in healthcare manufacturing technologies and supported by clinical and academic excellence, the Centre provides an ideal location for business events, meetings, seminars, training events and small scale trade shows. With free parking, proximity to the M1 and M18, and within an hour’s drive of Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Bradford, Nottingham and Leicester, it is a convenient and accessible location.
The AMP has been designed to accommodate a range of manufacturing related activities, from the work of fledgling engineering and technology companies to the University of Sheffield’s collaboration with some of the world’s foremost advanced manufacturing technology businesses, such as Boeing and Rolls Royce.
Hotel Accommodation
We have a block booking of bedrooms at both the Aston Hotel Sheffield and the Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield at a specially negotiated bed and breakfast rate. Hotel reservations should be made directly with the hotel. Please quote ‘NSF’ at the time of booking.
Any charges made by the hotel as a result of you not taking up your reservation for any reason will remain your responsibility, therefore please ensure that you are aware of the hotel’s cancellation policy.
Aston Hotel Sheffield, to book please call the hotel on +44 (0) 1142 615690, quoting ‘NSF’.
Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield, to book please call the hotel on +44 (0) 1709 830630, quoting ‘NSF’.
Venue Address and Contact Details
AMP Technology Centre
Advanced Manufacturing Park
Brunel Way
Rotherham
S60 5WG
England
Tel: +44 (0)114 254 1200
Fax: +44 (0)114 254 1201
Tutors
We believe that our team of experts are the best available. Not only have they got years of experience in the industry, but they are committed to tutoring and helping those inside the industry to improve and raise the standards. We understand that you attend courses to learn about the latest regulations and to get your questions answered.
Our experts for this course are:
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