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Course Summary

Course

Introduction to systematic reviews of interventions
Convenor

Miranda Cumpston
Date
 August 13 - 14 , 2009
Time

Day 1 (13th): 9am – 4:30pm
Day 2 (14th): 9am – 3pm
Venue

Room 315 Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, 3rd floor Seminar Room, Burnet Building, Alfred Hospital.  
Suitable for
Anyone thinking about conducting a systematic review.
Aims

To give a detailed introduction to the methods involved in conducting a systematic review of an intervention, and enable participants to plan and commence a review of their own.
Overview

The course will take a step-by-step approach to the tasks and methods involved in conducting a systematic review to answer a question about the effects of a health-related intervention, from a simple drug treatment to a complex public health or health systems intervention.
A mixture of presentations and hands-on activities will be used to introduce participants to major aspects of the review process. Day 1 will cover defining your research question, planning your inclusion criteria, searching the literature, and assessing bias in included studies. Day 2 will cover an introduction to meta-analysis, analysing different types of commonly encountered data, and interpreting your results.

Participants are encouraged identify a topic for a systematic review that they can develop during hands-on sessions. Please note that this workshop will not cover methods for systematic reviews of non-intervention questions such as prevalence, aetiology, risk factors, diagnostic test accuracy or prognosis.
Fee

$400 per day (excl GST)
Discounts apply

RCNA and RACGP Continuing Education Points apply
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