This course provides researchers with the tools required to successfully critically analyse the literature and will use example research papers from three types of study: quantitative, qualitative and clinical.

By attending this workshop, you will:

• Understand the process of critical analysis and the reasons this skill needs to be developed
• Appreciate the concept of publication bias
• Be able to search for the most appropriate papers to read
• Gain practical experience of analysing each section of a research paper including the abstract, introduction, methods, results and discussion

University of Manchester staff can book onto this course by logging into the Training Catalogue.