AO PEER
AO Program for Education and Excellence in Research (AO PEER)
AO PEER is a collection of clinical research resources, reference documents, and learning opportunities. AO PEER is designed for health care professionals who want to learn or improve the skills needed to conduct clinical research.
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Content development
AO PEER profits from the wealth of expertise available within the AO—through the commitment to best practices and excellence in research and education. AO PEER leverages these trusted resources, which were developed and evaluated by the AO PEER taskforce with the support of the AO Education Institute (AO EI) and the AO Innovation Translation Center.
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Upcoming courses
In connection with the COVID-19 situation, most AO PEER courses will be postponed or cancelled. The AO endeavors to give due notice of these decisions but encourages you to ensure the tickets and accommodation you book are refundable.
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Following registration, you will be guided through the AO PEER course at your own pace (20 hours of learning).
Webinars
June 3, 2021
AO PEER Webinar—Choosing the right animal model
Stephan Zeiter and Caroline Constant are presenting the interactive webinar. In this webinar you will learn about the importance of selecting the most appropriate animal model for your translational research. The experts from the AO Research Institute (ARI) will explain the steps needed to develop a sound research methodology that will allow you to answer your primary research question, and we will discuss about the ethical considerations when planning a translational research project.
Learning objectives:
- Recognize the value of deliberate initial planning regarding the most appropriate animal model
- Evaluate if the selected animal model is suitable to answer the primary research question
- Reflect on the ethical implications of choosing an inappropriate animal model
- Describe the translational research approach to link the preclinical research question to clinical practice.
July 20, 2020
AO PEER Webinar—Statistics and sample size calculation: Give your study enough power!
Anahí Hurtado Chong, Gerard Slobogean, and Lehana Thabane present a live interactive webinar focusing on how a study question is linked with sample size calculation and the statistical analysis. It includes a discussion of the most relevant concepts of sample size calculation based on an example study.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the factors that influence sample size
- Describe how the selection of the appropriate statistical method is crucial for the correct analysis and interpretation of results
- Recognize the value of getting support
June 9, 2020
Critical Appraisal of Scientific Literature–Reading Between the Lines
Osama Farouk, Elke Rometsch, and Anahí Hurtado Chong are presenting the live interactive webinar. In this webinar you will learn why critical appraisal of literature is important. We provide a hands-on checklist which helps you to systematically assess the quality of a scientific manuscript.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the importance of critically appraising scientific literature
- Adopt a critical approach to reading the literature
- Apply a systematic process to assess the quality and validity of a scientific paper
May 14, 2020
Selecting the Optimal Study Design for your Research Question
Adeolu Adeyeye and Anahí Hurtado Chong are presenting a live interactive webinar about selecting the optimal study design for a research question.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the different study designs in clinical research and their pros and cons
- Differentiate between observational and interventional studies
- Differentiate between descriptive and analytical studies
- Recognize the value of initial evaluation to select the appropriate study design to answer your research question
April 7, 2020
How to Identify a Clinical Problem for Research–How to Formulate a Structured Research Question
Matthew Allen and Alessandro Aprato are presenting a live interactive webinar about: how to identify a clinical problem for research, and how to formulate a structured research question.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the value of deliberate initial planning for a high quality and relevant research study
- Evaluate if a clinical problem is suitable for research
- Explain how the iterative development and refinement process clarifies the clinical problem and lays the groundwork for your study
- Formulate a structured and specific clinical research question by applying the PICOT concept
What course participants have to say
“The course content and delivery were simplified, which made learning easy. Lectures were presented in an interesting manner, which helped me to clearly understand the principles of clinical research.”
Adenaike Funmilola, maxillofacial surgeon, department of Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
“Very professional, well-structured online course, reviewing the basics of clinical research in a nutshell. Useful resource of information and guidance for junior—but also more experienced—
physicians wanting to be actively involved in clinical research. I am very glad to have participated!”
Emmanouil Psathas, MD, FEBVS, Consultant for vascular surgery, HFR Fribourg - Cantonal Hospital, Fribourg, Switzerland
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About AO PEER
AO PEER is a collection of clinical research resources, reference documents, and learning opportunities. AO PEER is designed for health care professionals who want to learn or improve the skills needed to conduct clinical research.
This platform was developed by a cross-divisional taskforce with the following members:
Dino Samartzis
USA
AO Spine
Risto Kontio
Finland
AO CMF
Matthew Allen
UK
AO VET
Frankie Leung
Hong Kong
AO Trauma
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The project is supported by the AO Education Institute (AO EI) and the AO Innovation Translation Center (AO ITC).
Please share your feedback and ideas with us so we can learn how the AO PEER platform has helped you and how it could be improved to better suit your needs.
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