AMSA Scotland is organising a webinar series on critical appraisal to provide students with the basic skills required for critical appraisal of academic papers.

The target audience is medical students, but the events are free and available to everyone.

The series consists of multiple talks, and the 2nd talk (Critical appraisal of a quantitative paper) of the series will be held:

Date: 22nd October 2022

Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm (UK Time)

Speaker: Agi Jothi - She is currently a final year medical student at the University of Glasgow. She was the previous National Research Director for AMSA Scotland and has previous experiences in hosting critical appraisal workshops and journal clubs. She completed her BMedSc (Hons) Neuropharmacology in 2020 and has experiences in lab based research and research methodology. She has also been a speaker for various journal clubs and critical appraisal talks.

Tentative schedule for AMSA Scotland Critical Appraisal Webinar series:

1. 12/10 (Wed) 1830-1930 (UK Time): Study designs (Speaker: Agi Jothi)

2. 22/10 (Sat) 1130-1230 (UK Time): Critical appraisal of a quantitative paper (Speaker: Agi Jothi)

3. 9/11 (Wed) 1400-1500 (UK Time): Qualitative Analysis - (Speaker: Dr Heather May Morgan (https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/h.morgan/)

4. 16/11 (Wed) 1700-1800 (UK Time): Academic writing (Speaker: Professor Phyo Myint https://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/profiles/phyo.myint)

5. 24/11 (Thur) 1730-1830 (UK Time): Systematic Reviews (Speaker: Dr Amudha Poobalan https://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/public-health-nutrition/profiles/a.poobalan/)

6. 29/11 (Fri) 1615-1700 (UK Time): Formulation of Research Questions - (Speaker: Prof Stephen Turner (https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/stephen-turner-2)