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Introduction to systematic reviews of interventions
Download registration form (PDF 36Kb, 1 page)
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Convenor
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Miranda Cumpston
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Date
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30 - 31 August, 2010
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Time
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Day 1: 9am – 4:30pm
Day 2: 9am – 3pm
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Venue
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Seminar Room 2
Level 5 The Alfred Centre (Alfred Hospital)
99 Commercial Road
Melbourne Vic 3004
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Suitable for
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Anyone thinking about conducting a systematic review of a health intervention
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Aims
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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.
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Overview
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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.
This workshop is presented by the Australasian Cochrane Centre, and is based on training provided for authors of Cochrane systematic reviews. Please note that the workshop will not cover methods for systematic reviews of non-intervention questions such as prevalence, aetiology, risk factors, diagnostic test accuracy or prognosis.
Course timetable (PDF 13Kb, 1 pg) |
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Materials
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Course notes will be included
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Catering
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Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea (on day 1 only) included
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Fee
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$800 (excl GST)
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