Systematic review by Cochrane Belgium
Target Group
Members of the Doctoral Schools
Level
All PhD students
Aim and Topic
Trying to get that high-impact publication? Tired of inefficient literature searches? Want the introduction of your thesis to be something more? Why not perform a systematic review?
Systematic reviews are literature overviews that attempt answer clearly defined questions, with explicit methods to identify, select, critically appraise, analyze and report data. Cochrane is a non-profit organization that provides guidance and support to researchers interested in performing a systematic review (www.cochrane.org). The Cochrane methodology is considered the gold standard in systematic review development.
This 3-day course will teach you all about the different steps to take to perform a high-quality, methodologically sound and reliable literature overview, from designing a search strategy to performing meta-analyses. The course, taught by experienced Cochrane authors, is filled with workshops and exercises, thus preparing you to get started immediately on your own systematic review.
For more information, visit our website (http://belgium.cochrane.org/en/what-we-offer) or contact us at info@cochrane.be.
Programme
Day 1 Tue 24 April 2018 Time |
Description |
Venue Ghent University, campus de Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9 - Multimediazaal (gelijkvloers-ground fl) |
09.00 – 09.30 | Introduction to the course and the Cochrane collaboration: |
Who are we (CEBAM) |
09.30 – 10.30 |
What is a (Cochrane) Systematic review & how do you start? |
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10.30 - 10.45 | Coffee break | |
10.45 - 11.30 | Workshop ‘Formulating your question’: |
Having a clear review question is the most important step of a SR. |
11.30 - 12.00 | Writing the protocol for your systematic review: |
Why do we need to write a protocol before performing a SR? |
12.00 - 12.45 | Lunch break |
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12.45 - 13.15 | Searching and selecting studies: |
What is typical for a search for a systematic review? |
13.15 - 14.15 | Workshop: ‘Building your search strategy’: |
We will practice building a search strategy for an SR in PubMed |
14.15 - 14.45 | Workshop selecting studies: |
We will screen a number of studies for inclusion in a SR using eligibility criteria. |
14.45 - 15.00 | Coffee break |
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15.00 - 15.30 | Collecting data: |
What data needs to be collected from a study (study characteristics and results) and how do we perform such a process in a systematic way? |
15.30 - 16.15 | Workshop collecting data: |
We will extract study characteristics and study results from an RCT |
Day 2 Wed 25 April 2018 Time |
Ghent University, campus de Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9 - Multimediazaal (gelijkvloers-ground fl) |
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09.00 - 09.45 | Assessment risk of bias RCTs: |
The gold standard for assessing the methodological quality of RCTs is the Cochrane risk of bias tool. This tool will be explained. |
09.45 - 10.45 | Workshop assessment risk of bias: |
We will assess the methodological quality of an RCT |
10.45 - 11.00 | Coffee break |
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11.00 – 12.15 | Workshop text, comparisons and data in RevMan: |
Cochrane’s Software Review Manager can be used to perform and document an SR. This software program will be presented. |
12.15 – 13.00 | Lunch break |
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13.00 - 14.30 | Analyzing dichotomous and continuous data: | Introduction to meta-analyses using dichotomous or continuous data |
14.30 - 14.45 | Coffee break | |
14.45 - 16.30 | Workshop meta-analysis: | Practicing meta-analyses using the RevMan Software |
Day 3 Thu 26 April 2018 Time |
Ghent University, campus de Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S8 - leslokaal Mariene 2.009 (2e verdieping, gang A/ 2nd fl, hall A) |
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9.00 - 10.30 | Heterogeneity, publication bias: | What is heterogeneity and how to deal with it in an SR? What is publication bias and how to deal with it in an SR? |
10.30 - 10.45 | Coffee break | |
10.45 - 12.00 | Workshop heterogeneity: | In this workshop, we will investigate heterogeneity in meta-analyses using Cochrane’s Review Manager software |
12.00 - 12.45 | Lunch break |
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12.45 - 13.15 | Assessment risk of bias observational studies: | How to assess the methodological quality of observational studies? |
13.15 - 14.00 | Workshop assessment risk of bias cohort study: | We will assess the methodological quality of a cohort study |
14.00 - 14.30 | AMSTAR / GRADE /SoF | What is the AMSTAR-instrument and why is it important? What is the GRADE system and what are SoF tables? |
14.30 - 14.45 | Coffee break | |
14.45 - 16.00 | Workshop quality assessment of an SR: | We will assess the methodological quality of an SR using AMSTAR |
16.00 - 16.30 | Finishing and updating the review: | What are the last steps of the process of an SR? When to update the SR? |
Venue
Ghent University, campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Gent
- Tuesday 24 + Wednesday 25 April 2018:
Ghent University, campus de Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9 - Multimediazaal (gelijkvloers-ground fl)
- Thursday 26 April 2018:
Ghent University, campus de Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S8 - leslokaal Mariene 2.009 (2e verdieping, gang A/ 2nd fl, hall A)
Description
Registration
Please follow this link: https://webappsx.ugent.be/eventManager/events/systreviewcochrane
If the course is fully booked you can ask to be added to the waiting list by sending an e-mail to doctoralschools@ugent.be
Registration fee
Free of charge for Doctoral School members. A no-show fee of 50 Euro will be charged.
Number of participants
11
Language
English
Evaluation methods and criteria (doctoral training programme)
100 % participation