Special Journal Club Session: Critique Qualitative Methodology

Jointly facilitated by Lorraine Avery, RN, MN, PhD (C), CNCC(C), and Karen Schnell-Hoehn, RN, MN, CCNC (C), this one hour session will proceed through the concepts of methodically critiquing a qualitative paper in a nursing context. Ms. Avery is an advanced instructor in the WRHA Evidence-Based Practice continuing education series and Ms. Schnell-Hoehn is on the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.  Come and explore qualitative research from the nursing perspective. The paper under review:  

Caregiving for patients requiring left ventricular assistance device support. Heart & Lung, 2010; 39: 196-200.

RSVP to attend this special journal club event!

Event:        MAHIP – Critical appraisal
Date:          Tuesday April 17, 2012
Time:        11:30 am to 1 pm
Location:  Room BG002, St. Boniface Hospital

Lunch will be provided. Cost to attend this session: $10 members/$15 non-members.  RSVP to Andrea Szwajcer (andrea.szwajcer@ad.umanitoba.ca) by April 13. Space is limited to 15 people so be sure to submit your interest to attend soon! 

Facilitators will be using the JAMA Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature Qualitative worksheet as a guide to the appraisal process.  For those who cannot access JAMA Evidence, upon indicating your attendance please request the checklist.

Mahip Journal Club, March 30, 2012

The next journal club will be

Date: March 30, 2012
Time: 12:30
Location: Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, Room 385
Leader: Kerry Macdonald
Article: Lewis-S.   Employers’ Perspectives on Future Roles and Skills Requirements for Australian Health Librarians.  Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2011 6(4): 57-71.

Journal Club is open to all MAHIP members, new members are always welcome please see the MAHIP website for membership information https://mahip.wordpress.com/

Please RSVP to Christine_Shaw-Daigle@umanitoba.ca by March 26, 2012

Lunch will be provided at a cost of $5.00, please bring your own drink

Special Journal Club Session: Critique a Systematic Scoping Review

Facilitated by Dr. Terry Klassen, this one hour session proceed through the concepts of methodically critiquing a systematic scoping review. Dr. Klassen is a world-renowned expert in the field of systematic reviews. He is the Founder of the Cochrane Child Health section of the Cochrane Collaboration and the Founding Director of Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE), a major contributor of systematic review research in child health. Dr. Klassen’s biography can be found on this Winnipeg Regional Health Authority website:: http://www.wrha.mb.ca/wave/2011/05/klassen.php.

 Be sure to save the date for this special journal club event!

Event:        MAHIP – Critical appraisal
Date:          Monday February 13 2012
Time:        11:30 am to 1 pm
Location:  Room 385, Neil John MacLean Health Sciences Library

 The Classic Pita Buffet will be the menu for the lunch: $10/ MAHIP members; $15/non-members.  Vegetarian diet requirements are accounted for in the menu.  Please RSVP your attendance NO LATER THAN Thursday February 9, 2012  4:30 pm to janet_rothney@umanitoba.ca  Total participant count is required for catering purposes.  The session will commence at 12 pm so please arrive between 11:30 am and 12 pm. 

The article for review is “Maximizing the Impact of Systematic Reviews in Health Care Decision Making: A Systematic Scoping Review of Knowledge-Translation Resources” (the link to the full-text article is provided below) : Milbank Quarterly Mar 2011; 89(1): 131-156. http://sfxhosted.exlibrisgroup.com/umanitoba?issn=0887-378X&issue=1&volume=89&date=2011&spage=131

Dr. Klassen will open the session with a definition of a scoping review, how it compares to a “regular” systematic review and possible implications in critiquing approach. The closest review model remains the Users’ Guides Critical Appraisal Worksheet for Systematic Review. For U of M employed members, this worksheet can be accessed at JAMAEvidence (after you login under your Personal Profile).

Special Journal Club Session: Critique a Systematic Review

Facilitated by Dr. Terry Klaasen, this one hour session proceed through the concepts of methodically critiquing a systematic review. Dr. Klaasen is a world-renowned expert in the field of systematic reviews. He is the Founder of the Cochrane Child Health section of the Cochrane Collaboration and the Founding Director of Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE), a major contributor of systematic review research in child health. Dr. Klaasen’s biography can be found on this Winnipeg Regional Health Authority website: http://www.wrha.mb.ca/wave/2011/05/klassen.php.

Be sure to save the date for this special journal club event! Lunch is provided. More information regarding any lunch costs and the citation information for the paper to be critiqued to follow.

Event:        MAHIP – Critical appraisal
Date:          Monday February 13 2012
Time:        12 pm to 1 pm
Location:  Room 385, Neil John MacLean Health Sciences Library 

This session is open to all MAHIP members. If you are not a member, membership information is available at: https://mahip.wordpress.com/mahip-membership/

Next MAHIP Journal Club, January 23, 2012

The next MAHIP Journal club will be: 

Date: January 26, 2012
Time: 5:00 pm
Location:  Elements (U of Winnipeg Portage @ Langside)
Menu: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/food-services-index
Leader:  Bill Poluha

Article: Lyman Ross, Pongracz Sennyey, The Library is Dead, Long Live the Library! The Practice of Academic Librarianship and the Digital Revolution, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 34, Issue 2, March 2008, Pages 145-152, ISSN 0099-1333, 10.1016/j.acalib.2007.12.006.

Please RSVP to Christine_Shaw-Daigle@umanitoba.ca  by  Monday, January 23, 2012.

MAHIP Journal Club: November 30, 2011

The next MAHIP Journal Club will be:

Date: Wednesday November 30, 2011
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: Hu’s on First Asian Bistro
Leader: Kerry MacDonald
Article: Speed of updating online evidence based point of care summaries: prospective cohort analysis
BMJ. 2011 Sep 23;343:d5856. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5856. http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5856.full

 Journal Club is open to all MAHIP members, new members are always open please see the MAHIP website for more information https://mahip.wordpress.com/

 Please RSVP to Christine_Shaw-Daigle@umanitoba.ca by Nov 25, 2011.

MAHIP Journal Club – Sept. 30, 2011

The first MAHIP Journal Club of the season will be:

DATE:  Sept 30, 2011
TIME:  12:00 pm (noon)
PLACE: Basic Medical Sciences Room 202-206, Bannatyne Campus
LEADER: Sherri Vokey
ARTICLE:  Maden-Jenkins, Michelle.  Healthcare librarians and the delivery of critical appraisal training: attitudes, level of involvement and support Michelle Maden-Jenkins Librarian attitudes to critical appraisal training.   Health Information & Libraries Journal; Dec2010, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p304-315

Please RSVP to: Christine_Shaw-Daigle@Umanitoba.ca by Sept 23, 2011

For this journal club, lunch will be ordered from Vientiane. Everyone attending is invited to pick a dish to share. Please let Christine know your menu choice by Thursday afternoon.

Journal Clubs are open to all MAHIP members.  Not a member not a problem we are always happy to take your membership and money at journal club.
For information on membership and forms see our website at: https://mahip.wordpress.com/mahip-membership/

Save the Dates! – Upcoming MAHIP Journal Club Dates

The MAHIP Journal Club is an opportunity to meet together, discuss issues brought forward in the literature, socialize and think out loud.  Please join us for all or any of this year’s journal clubs.  New members are always welcome.

Upcoming Journal Club Dates

• Date: September 30, 2011 | Time: 12:00 pm | Location: TBA | Leader: Sherri Vokey
• Date: November 23, 2011 | Time: 5:30 pm |Location: TBA | Leader: Kerri Macdonald
• Date: January 26, 2012 | Time: 5:30 pm |Location: TBA | Leader: Bill Poluha
• Date: March 27, 2012|Time: 12:00 pm |Location: TBA | Leader: Lesley Mackie

Next Journal Club: March 11, 2011

ARTICLE: Booth A. (2010).  How much searching is enough? Comprehensive versus optimal retrieval for technology assessments. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 26(4):431-435. PMID: 20923586
DATE: March 11, 2011
TIME: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
LOCATION: TBA
LEADER: Orvie Dingwall, Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library

Lunch will be provided at a cost of $5.00.  MAHIP Journal Club is open to all MAHIP members.

Please RSVP to Christine_Shaw-Daigle@umanitoba.ca by March 4, 2011

Booth A. How much searching is enough? Comprehensive versus optimal retrieval for technology assessments. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2010;26(4):431-435.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to review briefly different methods for determining the optimal retrieval of studies for inclusion in a health technology assessment (HTA) report. METHODS: This study reviews the methodology literature related to specific methods for evaluating yield from literature searching strategies and for deciding whether to continue or desist in the searching process. RESULTS: Eight different methods were identified. These include using the Capture-recapture technique; obtaining Feedback from the commissioner of the HTA report; seeking the Disconfirming case; undertaking comparison against a known Gold standard; evaluating retrieval of Known items; recognizing the Law of diminishing returns, specifying a priori Stopping rules, and identifying a point of Theoretical saturation. CONCLUSIONS: While this study identified a variety of possible methods, there has been very little formal evaluation of the specific strengths and weaknesses of the different techniques. The author proposes an evaluation agenda drawing on an examination of existing data together with exploration of the specific impact of missing relevant studies. PMID: 20923586

If you are unable to attend journal club but would still like to make a contribution, please leave any comments to this post. Any comments posted before the day of  Journal Club will be shared with those who attend.

Next Journal Club: November 10, 2010

Article: Thiele RH, Poiro NC, Scalzo DC, Nemergut EC. (2010). Speed, accuracy, and confidence in Google, Ovid, PubMed, and UpToDate: results of a randomised trial. Postgrad Med J, Aug;86(1018):459-65. 
Date: November 10, 2010
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Conservatory, Assinaboine Park
Leader: Tania Gottschalk, Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library

Please RSVP to Christine_Shaw-Daigle@umanitoba.

Journal club is open to all MAHIP members; new members are alway welcome.

Thiele RH, Poiro NC, Scalzo DC, Nemergut EC. (2010). Speed, accuracy, and confidence in Google, Ovid, PubMed, and UpToDate: results of a randomised trial. Postgrad Med J, Aug;86(1018):459-65. 
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The explosion of biomedical information has led to an ‘information paradox’-the volume of biomedical information available has made it increasingly difficult to find relevant information when needed. It is thus increasingly critical for physicians to acquire a working knowledge of biomedical informatics. AIM: To evaluate four search tools commonly used to answer clinical questions, in terms of accuracy, speed, and user confidence. METHODS: From December 2008 to June 2009, medical students, resident physicians, and attending physicians at the authors’ institution were asked to answer a set of four anaesthesia and/or critical care based clinical questions, within 5 min, using Google, Ovid, PubMed, or UpToDate (only one search tool per question). At the end of each search, participants rated their results on a four point confidence scale. One to 3 weeks after answering the initial four questions, users were randomised to one of the four search tools, and asked to answer eight questions, four of which were repeated. The primary outcome was defined as a correct answer with the highest level of confidence. RESULTS: Google was the most popular search tool. Users of Google and UpToDate were more likely than users of PubMed to answer questions correctly. Subjects had the most confidence in UpToDate. Searches with Google and UpToDate were faster than searches with PubMed or Ovid.CONCLUSION: Non-Medline based search tools are not inferior to Medline based search tools for purposes of answering evidence based anaesthesia and critical care questions. PMID: 20709767

If you are unable to attend journal club but would still like to make a contribution, please leave any comments to this post. Any comments posted before the day of  Journal Club will be shared with those who attend.