Overview: This course takes a step-by-step approach to the tasks and methods involved in conducting a new Systematic Review to answer a question about the effects of an intervention.
Topics include:
- Define the research question to inform the scope of the review
- Plan the methods
- Setting eligibility criteria for including studies in the review
- Selecting outcomes to be addressed for studies included in the review
- Search for studies
- Select eligible studies
- Collect data
- Assess the risk of bias in included studies
- Practical session: Literature search, screening studies, data extraction, risk of bias assessment
- Conduct meta-analysis
- Summarize the findings and make conclusions
- Write the full review
Venue: Training and Education Enhancement Center, Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Dates: 3 June 2016 (11.00 AM to 5.00 PM)
Mentor: Prof. Ashraf Nabhan (Associate Editor of Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Facilitators: Dr. Marwah Anas El Wegoud, Dr. Ahmed Alaa, Dr. Khalid Shalaby
For registration call our administrative assistant.
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