Intended to help to do independent critical appraisal of the data being released in #COVID19 including an overview of study designs.
Also to help you assess whether "experts" did critical appraisal or are just repeating abstract
Quantitative Study Designs
Only covering studies where unit of analysis is an individual person.
There are also ecological studies which use a population as the level of analysis and systematic reviews & meta analyses which quantitatively combine results of several studies.
Observational Studies - Descriptive
Examples: case reports, case-series reports, surveillance studies, surveys
Cross-sectional studies - Describe the prevalence of a disease or other phenomena without looking for associations between variables
I often see an assumption that the COVID vaccines being trialed will be available for kids at the same time as adults assuming efficacy. And that's a big (HUGE) assumption.
Let's take a look at the Oxford, Moderna, and Pfizer trials
Team -- what competencies should be in the emergency operations center (EOC) making decisions (methodologists, practitioners, clinicians, gov't, lawyers, clinicians, economists)
Stakeholder Analysis (who will be affected/needs representation)
Epidemiological Analysis (CFR, IFR, RR, etc)
Situational Analysis (decision tree with different response models of expected benefits and costs. Costs include human, financial, and institutional.
Goals
Based on the three types of analyses, set a goal for your response.
Set specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) Objectives that flow from the goal used to inform key performance indicators.
Can be done in 2-3 hours with with analyses complete.