The Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care – short course in Oxford, UK – April 2016 & May 2016
This short course will introduce the basic concepts and skills of evidence-based health care. Students will be facilitated to turn clinical queries into focussed questions, from which they can search the evidence. Participants will learn the skills to develop a search strategy for use across several databases.
They will also learn about the importance of matching a research question with the most appropriate study design, and then be guided through suitable critical appraisal techniques, so that they can understand how and why published research can be used in clinical practice.
Students will learn with peers in small groups, and through the week, they will have the opportunity to decide on a relevant question, search the evidence and present a critical appraisal for shared discussion.
Full details and information on how to apply can be found on the course webpage - http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/pebhc
After a weekend of subzero temperatures and warmer weather predicted this week, let’s hope Spring is right around the corner! May is just a few months away and so is the Annual MEIC Conference! 
In this IRC video, refugees plead to world leaders to end the war and violence that has consumed and destroyed their lives. One woman from Afghanistan fled her home to save her young children, fearing they would fall into the hands of extremists. She says:
They say: We are a voluntary organization in India, working with children and adults who have developmental and other disabilities.