Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: An Introductory Workshop
31 October, 2018
This one-day workshop will introduce participants to the methods used in Cochrane Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses that evaluate the effects of interventions used health care. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the role that well-conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses can play in informing health decisions
- Understand the components of a systematic review and how they differ from traditional review articles
- Be familiar with framing answerable research questions and searching for relevant studies using multiple sources
- Be familiar with the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool
- Understand the methods of data-synthesis and how to interpret forest plots;
- Be able to detect and quantify heterogeneity and understand how heterogeneity can be explored in sub-group and sensitivity analyses
- Understand how to construct Summary of Findings tables and Evidence Profiles for key outcomes from the systematic review that link the numerical estimates of effects with the overall confidence one can place in these estimates and understand how these summaries can guide health policy and practice.
- be familiar with Review Manager and GRADEpro | GDT software
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Time
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Topic
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Resource Person
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8am to 8.30am
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Welcome and introductions
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8.30am to 9.30am
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Using systematic reviews to inform healthcare
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Prof Prathap Tharyan
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9.30am to 9.45am
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Refreshments
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9.45am to 10.30am
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Understanding systematic reviews
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Prof Prathap Tharyan
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10.30am to 12pm
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Understanding meta-analysis and data synthesis
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Prof Prathap Tharyan
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12pm to 1pm
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Summarizing findings and interpreting results
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Prof Prathap Tharyan
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1pm to 2pm
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Lunch
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2pm to 3pm
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Searching and locating studies and managing references
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All resource persons
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3pm to 4.30pm
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Introduction to RevMan 5
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All resource persons
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4.30pm to 4.45pm
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Refreshments
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4.45pm to 5.30pm
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Introduction to GRADEpro |GDT
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All resource persons
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Course faculty:
Prathap Tharyan: Director - Cochrane South Asia, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Dr. Ayman El Menyar
Dr. Rajvir Singh
Dr. Brijesh Sathian
Dr. Mohammed Asim
Mr. Ahammed Mekkodathil
