Live the Trial: Interactive method for teaching and learning trial design and risk-of-bias assessment

Session: 

Workshop session 1: Wednesday, 11:00-12:30

Workshop category: 

  • Improving conduct and reporting of syntheses (including teaching and learning)
Status

ID: 

WS5
Date and Location

Date: 

Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 11:00 to 12:30

Location: 

Meeting Room 2.61-2.62
Contact persons and facilitators

Contact person:

Philip Baker

Facilitators: 

Philip Baker
Maureen Dobbins

Acknowledgements:

Francis D1, Cathcart A2
1 SPH&SW Queensland Univerisity of Technology, Australia
2 QUT Business School, Australia
Target audience

Target audience: 

authors, researchers, provision of teaching and learning

Level of difficulty: 

Basic
Type of workshop

Type of workshop : 

Training
Abstract

Abstract:

Objectives:
• Learn a fun way to illustrate trial design and risk-of-bias (ROB) assessment.
• See demonstrated and experience the use of interactive wireless voting technology for active learning and data collection.
• Provide participants with ideas for teaching ROB concepts in their own settings.

Description:
In this workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in 'Live the Trial', a mock randomised-controlled trial. The participants will see a demonstration of the steps of a mock RCT using candy to increase happiness. Interactive wireless voting technology will be employed to demonstrate the capture of data and facilitate direct participation. Throughout the workshop the risks of bias which can creep into a study will be explored, and to some extent experienced. Participants in previous 'Live the Trial' sessions have reported increased confidence in the identifying the risks of bias and steps of a randomised-controlled study. They have also reported the use of interactive voting to be helpful in their learning.