GRADE Workshop - Grading Evidence and Recommendations: Freiburg, Germany

This is a basic course for authors of clinical guidelines, HTA reports or systematic reviews.

Prerequisites to attend:

- Understanding publications in English.

- Basic knowledge of critical appraisal of clinical trails.

- Personal laptop to work with the GRADEpro software.

Objectives:

- To understand the basic principles of GRADE methodology, to understand the steps of critical appraisal of evidence and the impact of quality of evidence on the strength of the recommendation.

- To acquire a basic knowledge of the GRADE software (GRADEpro).

- To create an evidence profile for a therapeutic intervention based on a systematic review.

- To understand, how the GRADE methodology provides an appropriate approach that includes the requirement for a simple and manageable system as well as the need for a broad integration of all important aspects of decision making.

The course language is German.

External link for more information:

http://www.cochrane.de/workshops