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TEACHING AND TRAINING CRITICAL APPRAISALOF SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL ARTICLE (CASMA)
Pascal StacciniProfessor of Biostatistics, Medical Informatics and e-HealthSchool of Medicine of NiceUniversity of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
Context
Since 2004, the second cycle of medical studies in France ends for all students by a national test (national and unique programme)
Decree of 17 January 2004: the national test is a set of four events: Three trials on clinical records for a period of three hours
each. Each file has four to ten questions. Each case is scored from 0 to 100.
A test of critical appraisal of one medical scientific paper lasting three hours. It has two parts: writing of an abstract accounting for 20% of the score of the test and answering 7 to 9 questions accounting for 80% of this score. This test is scored out of 100.
Regarding the specific test of critical appraisal of medical article and in order to ensure that each faculty organizes a fair preparation for this new event, the test has been postponed in June 2009
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Steps of local preparation
27.10.2005: seminar of initiation bound for all teachers (juniors and seniors)
2005-2006: creation of a "task force" LCA (group of volunteers, clinical physicians and methodologists teachers)
Establishment of a preparation program For students of D2 and D3 For hospital physicians (one session per
year of continuing medical education) in order to promote teaching at a « patient’s bed » level
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Nowadays
Faculty regular teaching D2: lectures for the whole class D3: practical exercices and tutorials with
groups of 20-25 students Specific slots have been included in the
training plan (evening seminars) D3:
1 conference dedicated to the writing of an abstract 1 conference dedicated to the questions
D4: 1 global conference 1 test per month from september to april (3rd
saturday of each month)
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Learning objectives
A national programme has been established by the scientific committee of the CNCI
This programme is divided into six parts: Identitying the type of study Analysing the methodology: population,
methods Analysing the presentation of the results Criticising the results and the discussion Assessing the clinical appliance of the results Assessing the format of the paper
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Local programme
Lectures and tutorials follow a similar plan: Comments of the CAMSA test of the previous
year Theoretical modules and exercises carried out
by type of study: epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis 1 session for the abstract A training session to the test
Examinations of D2 and D3 are identical (June and September) in order to compare results
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Curves of two Paris tests- October 2010- January 2012To compare with Nice tests resultsFrom normal to asymetric curve
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What’s new in 2012
First seminar towards junior teachers and assistants Main learning outcome: how to build the
content of a test related to critical appraisal of medical paper (questions and answers)?
Programme Presentation of the national test exam How to choose a « good »article? Description of the materials given to the students Types of questions for an epidemiological study Types of questions for a therapeutic study
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English or not english?
Wrong debate But the first generations of students were
reluctant to work on articles in English Now, training in Medical English is more
advanced in L2-L3 (students are "less threaten")
Next year, articles will be in English (except during official tests: French language remains the rule).
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Conclusion
Teaching critical reading of medical article combines:
Improved teaching sessions focused on theoretical aspects
Training sessions orgnised by small groups Testbed exercises with the support of residents
or junior physicians – the idea is to select for each discipline articles related to basic facts (basic facts in risk factors, main results about tests, basic facts in therapeutics and main results of prognosis)
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