Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27
This course will equip students with the relevant skills to interpret and conduct systematic reviews on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions.
Students will learn to formulate a clear research question and understand the principles and main steps for undertaking systematic reviews. In particular, they will learn how:
i) to develop an adequate search strategy;
ii) to critically appraise primary studies;
iii) to extract data from primary studies;
iv) to identify the main sources of heterogeneity among primary studies;
v) to analyse findings from primary studies;
vi) to interpret results;
vii) to assess the quality of existing systematic reviews.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 10 credits (5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will be delivered through lectures/seminars and practical workshops. It will cover topics on defining a research question, developing criteria for including studies, literature searching, data extraction and risk of bias assessment, data analysis (including meta-analysis), interpreting and reporting results.
Lectures/seminars will take place on Wednesday mornings (one to two hours each morning). In the afternoon, this will be followed by practical workshops to give students a hands-on experience for developing the relevant skills for conducting systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. During the practical sessions, students will become familiar with electronic bibliographic databases, used for literature searching, and statistical softwares such as SPSS and Review Manager. The course will be assessed using both a multiple choice class test (40%), and a written assessment (60%).
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Multiple choice test (40%) and an assignment that involves the 'critical appraisal/interpretation' of various elements from already published systematic reviews.
There are no assessments for this course.
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