May 24 and 26, 2022 Systematic Review Workshop
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Systematic Review Workshop
May 24 and 26, 2022
Improve your team’s intervention review skills and ability to assess the existing evidence on your organization’s next clinical inquiry!
This live virtual two-day course will cover systematic review methodologies and critical appraisal skills. This multi-disciplinary course is suitable for individuals working in the health and social science areas who are considering or planning to conduct a systematic review of intervention studies. This course is an important step before embarking on a new research study and no prior experience in conducting systematic reviews is necessary! The course will examine the key components of systematic reviews using the Cochrane Collaboration methodology and will include lecture, group discussion and practical exercises, such as facilitated time to begin developing a systematic review topic.
Expected Outcomes
- Recognize the essential steps of planning and preparing a systematic review of intervention studies..
- Formulate a relevant review question.
- Understand the key principles of literature searching, data extraction
- Utilize valuable tools available to prepare a systematic review.
Topics Covered
- Introduction to systematic reviews and the Cochrane Collaboration
- Developing a PICO(T) question for a systematic review of intervention studies
- Appropriate search strategies for studies
- Assessing study eligibility
- Critical appraisal of studies
- Data extraction
- Introduction to the basic principles of meta-analysis and forest plots
- Finding resources for systematic reviews