Systematic review by Cochrane Belgium
Target Group
PhD researchers, planning or interested in performing a high-quality (Cochrane) systematic review in the (near) future.
Level
All PhD students
Aim and Topic
Systematic reviews are key elements in evidence-based healthcare. These literature reviews answer clearly defined questions, with explicit methods to identify, select, critically appraise, analyze and report data. This systematic approach distinguishes high-quality systematic reviews from traditional, so-called narrative, reviews and low-quality systematic reviews.
Cochrane is an international non-profit organization that produces and disseminates trusted systematic reviews, and advocate for its use (www.cochrane.org). The focus of Cochrane is on systematic reviews of research in health care and health policy. The Cochrane methodology is considered the gold standard in systematic review development. Cochrane Belgium provides guidance and support to researchers interested in performing a systematic review.
This 3-day course focuses on systematic reviews of interventions. It will teach you all about the different steps to take to perform a high-quality, methodologically sound and reliable systematic review. This hands-on course consists of plenary sessions and workshops on:
- Writing your review protocol
- Searching for studies
- Selecting studies and collecting data
- Introduction to risk of bias of randomized controlled trials
- Analyzing the data and meta-analysis
- Interpreting the findings and GRADE
The course, taught by experienced review experts, is filled with workshops and exercises, thus preparing you to get started immediately on your own systematic review.
For more information, visit the Cochrane Belgium website (http://belgium.cochrane.org/en/) or contact the team at cochrane.belgium@gmail.com.
Programme
Day 1 Mon 25 April 2022 Time |
Description |
09.00 – 10.00 | 1. Introduction to the course and the Cochrane collaboration; what is a (Cochrane) Systematic review & how do you start? |
10.00 – 10.30 |
2. Workshop formulating your question |
10.30 - 10.50 | Break |
10.50 - 11.25 | 3. Writing the protocol for your systematic review: |
11.25 - 12.05 | 4. Searching for studies |
12.05 - 12.50 | Lunch break |
12.50 - 13.50 | 5. Workshop building your search strategy |
13.50 - 14.00 | 6. Selecting studies |
14.00 - 14.40 | 7. Workshop selecting studies |
14.40 - 15.00 | Break |
15.00 - 15.30 | 8. Introduction to Cochrane Crowd |
15.30 - 16.45 | 9. Workshop text, comparisons and data in RevMan |
Day 2 Tue 26 April 2022 Time |
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09.00 - 10.00 | 1. Assessment risk of bias RCTs: RoB 2 |
10.00 - 10.55 | 2. Workshop assessment risk of bias (RoB2) |
10.55 - 11.15 | Coffee break |
11.15 – 11.35 | 3. Collecting data |
11.35 - 12.15 | 4. Workshop collecting data |
12.15 – 13.00 | Lunch break |
13.00 - 14.30 | 5. Analyzing dichotomous and continuous data. Introducing meta-analysis |
14.30 - 14.50 | Break |
14.50 - 16.30 | 6. Workshop meta-analysis |
Day 3 Wed 27 April 2022 Time |
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9.00 - 10.30 | 1. Heterogeneity, publication bias |
10.30 - 10.50 | Break |
10.45 - 12.00 | 2. Workshop heterogeneity |
12.00 - 12.30 | 3. SWiM reporting guidelines: Synthesis Without Meta-analysis in SR |
12.30 - 13.15 | Lunch break |
13.15 - 14.10 | 4. GRADE |
14.10 - 14.40 | 5a. Workshop GRADE for intervention studies (part 1) |
14.40 - 15.00 | Break |
15.00 - 15.40 | 5b. Workshop GRADE for intervention studies (part 2) |
15.40 - 16.20 | 6. Reporting and updating the review |
16.20 - 16.30 | Time for questions and feedback |
Venue
Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, Gent
Registration
Please follow this link: https://eventmanager.ugent.be/SystRevCoch
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
33
Language
English
Evaluation methods and criteria (doctoral training programme)
100 % participation