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Reviews and Guidelines

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Reviews and Guidelines
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Management and Professional Pedagogy in Health Care, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021
Module code: MBG21.S.32
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
3S (3 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
3
Semester: according to optional course list
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Course work

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MBG21.S.32 Management and Professional Pedagogy in Health Care, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021 , optional course, general subject
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
45 class hours (= 33.75 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 90 hours (equivalent to 3 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 56.25 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
MBG21-1 Academic Methodologies and Study Skills I
MBG21-10 Methodologies II
MBG21-15 Evidence-Based Medical Care and Nursing
MBG21-19 Academic Methodologies and Study Skills III
MBG21-6 Academic Methodologies and Study Skills II
MBG21-9 Methodologies I


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Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Studienleitung
Lecturer:
Dr. Sindy Lautenschläger


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Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will have the following skills and competencies:
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Knowledge and Comprehension:
• Students will be able to explain the main goals and tasks of the Cochrane Collaboration.
• They will be able to describe the steps resp. the research process of systematic reviews.
• They will be able to explain the content of Summary of Findings tables and evidence tables (GRADE).
• They will be able to describe guideline methodology, including the derivation of recommendations.
• They will be able to identify the limitations of guidelines (e.g., timeliness of recommendations in recent studies, interdisciplinary preparation).
The Use, Application, and Generation of Knowledge:
 
 
• Students will be able to systematically assess the bias potential of systematic reviews and meta-analyses using an appropriate assessment tool.
• They will be able to interpret outcome data from Forests plots or other plots from meta-analyses.
 
• They will be able to systematically evaluate guidelines using an appropriate assessment tool, appropriately assessing the quality of guidelines.
Communication and Cooperation:
 
 
• They will be able to reflect upon and take into account the different perspectives of those involved/affected in joint discourse with their fellow students.
Scientific Self-Concept/Professionalism:
 
 
• Students will have developed a critical attitude toward health care information.

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Module content:
Systematic reviews:
Formulating review questions
• Variations of population, interventions and endpoints
• Variations in study design
• Modifying your research question during the review process
Identifying relevant literature and extracting data
• Carrying out a systematic literature search
• Selecting relevant studies
• Extracting data
• Publication bias and other systematic distortions
Evaluating literature
• Quality assessments in a review
Summarizing evidence
• Narrative synthesis
• Quantitative synthesis
Interpreting results
• Recognizing forms of bias
• Determining the significance of review results; Evidence profiles and practice recommendations
 
Guidelines:
• Development
• Structure
• Content
• Research
• Critical evaluation

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Teaching methods/Media:
Blended learning

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Recommended or required reading:
Recommended literature will be announced at the beginning of the course.

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