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Workshop Advanced meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy: dealing with heterogeneity and test comparisons
2016 Seoul
Macaskill, Takwoingi
Objectives:
1. To explain the recommended statistical models used for diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis and the concepts underlying these methods.
2. To illustrate the methods and their interpretation using examples.
Description: This workshop will cover advanced statistical methods for…
Workshop Disseminating Cochrane evidence
2016 Seoul
Anthony, Millward
Cochrane Reviews are full of useful information that can help consumers, clinicians, policy makers, researchers, and others make better and more effective decisions about all aspects of health. But a key part of ensuring those decisions get made using the best evidence is getting it in front of the…
Workshop A workshop on Rayyan, the web and mobile systematic review app
2016 Seoul
Ouzzani, Hammady, Hammady, Fedorowicz
Objectives: To provide an opportunity to experience the full customizability, ease of use and intuitive interface of Rayyan (rayyan.qcri.org).
Enabling evidence-based health care will depend on the availability of high-quality, up-to-date clinical resources. Disseminating these resources in a…
Workshop Accounting for missing outcome data in meta-analysis: Part 1
2016 Seoul
Salanti, Higgins, White
Objectives: To understand the theory of methods used to account for missing outcome data in a meta-analysis.
Description: Missing outcome data are common even in carefully designed randomized control trials. We assume at the meta-analysis level the problem with missing data is solved at the…
Workshop Accounting for missing outcome data in meta-analysis: Part 2
2016 Seoul
Chaimani, Mavridis, Higgins, White
Objectives: To understand the practical application of methods used to account for missing outcome data in a meta-analysis using an updated version of the metamiss command in Stata.
Description: This hands-on practical workshop is the second of two workshops on how to estimate meta-analytic…
Workshop Adding evidence to Wikipedia: editing workshop
2016 Seoul
Owens, Millward, De Haan, Poore
Objectives: To introduce participants to:
1. Wikipedia, its contributor community, and the values it holds important;
2. the Cochrane-Wikipedia initiative and ongoing projects; and
3. how to edit articles in Wikipedia, specifically how to register as a user, creating user pages, general editing…
Workshop Addressing missing participant data in systematic reviews: dichotomous outcomes
2016 Seoul
Kahale, Akl, Guyatt, Johnston
Objectives: To describe how to use an innovative approach to addressing missing participant data for dichotomous outcomes in systematic reviews of randomized trials.
Description: The workshop will consist of the following:
1. A didactic presentation of methods being used by Cochrane and non-…
Workshop Advanced searching for systematic reviews
2016 Seoul
Spijker, Stovold
Objective: To facilitate peer-to-peer knowledge exchange between experienced Information Specialists around advanced searching techniques for systematic reviews.
Description: The workshop will be an interactive session comprised of small-group discussions/exercises around various searching…
Workshop Advanced searching masterclass: Cochrane Library
2016 Seoul
Finley
Objectives: To provide regular users with a general overview of the interface, features and functionality of the Cochrane Library and a review of recent enhancements.
Description: This workshop is designed for regular searchers of the Cochrane Library produced by Wiley, and available at www.…
Workshop Adverse effects in systematic reviews: challenges for formulating the question and searching for different studies and sources of information
2016 Seoul
Golder, Köhler
This workshop aims to provide guidance for review authors on formulating the question, describe the available data sources on adverse effects, and how to retrieve adverse effects data for incorporation into a systematic review. This will include the development of optimal search techniques and…
Workshop An introduction to narrative synthesis of quantitative data: a participatory workshop using a worked example from public health
2016 Seoul
Thomson, McKenzie, Doyle, Brennan
Objectives: To facilitate learning:
- through experience about how to conduct a narrative synthesis.
- about the challenge of ensuring transparency and consistency in narrative synthesis.
Description: Narrative synthesis is a common synthesis method used to synthesize data when meta-analysis…
Workshop An introduction to using realist review
2016 Seoul
Wong, Papoutsi, Pearson
This interactive workshop will examine how realist reviews can be used to overcome challenges underlying evidence synthesis for complex interventions.
Objectives:
1. To understand the logic and key processes of realist reviews.
2. To explore when and why realist reviews are useful.
3. To…
Workshop Applying GRADE to prognostic evidence
2016 Seoul
Iorio, Williams, Guyatt, Schunemann, Hayden
Objective: To learn all aspects of applying GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations) to a body of prognostic evidence, which often requires the appraisal of observational non-comparative studies.
Description: Observational studies addressing patients'…
Workshop Applying evidence grading methods to public health interventions
2016 Seoul
Ahn, Young, Kim
Objectives:
1. To develop better templates for reporting, and checklists for assessing the quality of public health intervention studies for use in guidelines.
2. To explore how evidence-based grading systems evaluate various aspects of existing studies.
3. To assess how to express uncertainties…
Workshop Applying the Updating Classification System to Cochrane Reviews
2016 Seoul
MacLehose, Hilton, Foxlee, Takwoingi, Tovey
Objectives: To learn about the Updating Classification System (UCS) for Cochrane Reviews, and share experiences of using the system.
Description: The purpose of the UCS is to guide readers about whether a Cochrane Review is up to date, likely to be updated in future, or does not need to be…
Workshop Assessing bias due to confounding in a Cochrane systematic review which includes non-randomised studies of an intervention (NRSI)
2016 Seoul
Shea, Reeves, Wells
Objective: To train review authors to assess risk of bias (RoB) due to confounding, using an extended RoB tool (ROBINS-I), when including non-randomized studies of an intervention (NRSI) in a systematic review (SR) about the effects of an intervention.
Description: Cochrane recommends that…
Workshop Assessing bias in selection of participants into the study in a Cochrane Systematic Review that includes non-randomised studies of an intervention (NRSI)
2016 Seoul
Shea, Reeves, Wells
Objective: To train review authors to assess the risk of bias in selection of participants into the study, using an extended risk of bias tool (ROBINS-I), when including non-randomized studies of an intervention (NRSI) in a systematic review about the effects of an intervention.
Description:…
Workshop Assessing how much confidence to place in findings from qualitative evidence syntheses: a new version of the GRADE-CERQual approach
2016 Seoul
Glenton, Lewin, Munthe-Kaas, Noyes
Introduction: Systematic reviews of qualitative studies (qualitative evidence syntheses) are increasingly used to bring together findings from qualitative studies. A number of these syntheses are now published or underway as Cochrane Reviews or parts of Cochrane Reviews. In order to use the…
Workshop Assessing the certainty of the evidence in network meta-analysis: GRADE approach
2016 Seoul
Yepes-Nuñez, Brignardello-Petersen, Schunemann, Guyatt
Objectives: For individuals considering conducting a network meta-analysis to gain familiarity with and begin to gain skills in applying the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations) approach to rating certainty of evidence in paired comparisons within a network…
Workshop Becoming a systematic review editor or peer reviewer for journals
2016 Seoul
Lindsley, Virgili, Dickersin, Wormald, Li, Shah
Objectives: To provide training and guidance for people who want to serve as systematic review editors or peer reviewers for journals as a mechanism for improving the quality of systematic reviews. We will present and discuss our experience in the Cochrane Eyes and Vision (CEV) Review Group as an…