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To provide authors of Cochrane Reviews with guidance on searching for studies for inclusion in a Cochrane review, including where to search for studies, how to search efficiently and what to do with the search results.
Description:
This session is primarily aimed at Cochrane authors and will focus on Cochrane policy for searching for studies as described in Chapter 6 of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Searching for studies) and the recently introduced Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) standards (http://methods.cochrane.org/standards). The workshop will highlight each area addressed in the Handbook chapter including: developing a search strategy using PICO; sensitivity versus precision; Boolean operators and controlled vocabulary; going beyond MEDLINE/PubMed - identification and comparison of resources; organizing and managing the search results and documenting and reporting the search process. The facilitators for this workshop are both Co-Convenors of the Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group and Carol Lefebvre is lead author of the Cochrane Handbook Chapter (Searching for studies) and also co-led the Searching for studies element of the MECIR initiative. The session will include presentations, demonstrations, group discussion and practical exercises. Note that this workshop will not be held in a computer lab, and will not include hands-on participation.
To provide authors of Cochrane Reviews with guidance on searching for studies for inclusion in a Cochrane review, including where to search for studies, how to search efficiently and what to do with the search results.
Description:
This session is primarily aimed at Cochrane authors and will focus on Cochrane policy for searching for studies as described in Chapter 6 of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Searching for studies) and the recently introduced Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) standards (http://methods.cochrane.org/standards). The workshop will highlight each area addressed in the Handbook chapter including: developing a search strategy using PICO; sensitivity versus precision; Boolean operators and controlled vocabulary; going beyond MEDLINE/PubMed - identification and comparison of resources; organizing and managing the search results and documenting and reporting the search process. The facilitators for this workshop are both Co-Convenors of the Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group and Carol Lefebvre is lead author of the Cochrane Handbook Chapter (Searching for studies) and also co-led the Searching for studies element of the MECIR initiative. The session will include presentations, demonstrations, group discussion and practical exercises. Note that this workshop will not be held in a computer lab, and will not include hands-on participation.