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Workshop Issues in interpreting and presenting patient-reported outcomes in Cochrane reviews
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Guyatt, Patrick
Learning objectives:
1) List the different alternatives for aggregating across different patient reported outcome (PRO) instruments measuring the same construct as presented in summary of findings tables in Cochrane reviews.
2) Choose an alternative for preparing the summary of findings table…
Workshop A new instrument to assess Risk of Bias in Non-randomised Studies of Exposures (ROBINS-E): Application to studies of environmental exposure
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Morgan, Sterne, Higgins, Thayer, Schunemann, Rooney, Taylor
Objectives: To introduce a new tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of exposures, and illustrate its application to studies of environmental and occupational exposure.
Description: Systematic reviews should include rigorous risk-of-bias assessments of included studies. We…
Workshop A practical workshop on how to use QUADAS-2 in a systematic review
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Whiting, Reitsma, Leeflang
Objectives: To introduce QUADAS-2 and provide practical guidance on how to use the tool to assess the quality of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies.
Description: The workshop will be split into two sessions:
Introduction to QUADAS-2:
The first session will be a brief overview of the…
Workshop Addressing multimorbidity in or beyond guidelines
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Burgers, Kunnamo, Boyd
Background: Providing high-quality care for patients with multimorbidity is challenging. Clinical practice guidelines focus on single diseases and may contain conflicting recommendations if applied to patients with multiple conditions. While guidelines can address multimorbidity to a greater extent…
Workshop Adverse effects in systematic reviews: Challenges for formulating the question and searching for different studies and sources of information
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Golder
Objectives: To give guidance for review authors on formulating the question, the available data sources on adverse effects, and how to retrieve data for incorporation into a systematic review. This will include the development of optimal search techniques and discussion of the diverse formats of…
Workshop An introduction to rapid reviews: Developing timely evidence summaries for decision makers (A Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group Workshop)
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Garritty, King, Gartlehner, Nussbaumer-Streit, Stevens
Objectives: Rapid reviews (RRs) are increasingly employed as a research-synthesis tool to support timely evidence-informed decision making. This introductory workshop offered by the Cochrane RRMG aims: 1) to introduce the concept of RRs as differentiated from traditional systematic reviews (SRs); 2…
Workshop Applying current philosophical insights on causality using Qualitative Comparative Analysis as an additional synthesis in systematic reviews to address complex interventions
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Chandler, Thomas, Sutcliffe, Kahwati, Kneale, Noyes, Rycroft Malone
Objectives:
• Introduce current philosophical perspectives on causality to facilitate understanding of complex causal relationships in data.
• Introduce concepts of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), a methodology assuming complex causality.
• Demonstrate QCA synthesis in systematic…
Workshop Assessing confidence in qualitative evidence used in guidelines: Benefits and challenges when applying GRADE-CERQual
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Thornton, Shaw, Lewin, Munthe-Kaas, Tunçalp, Glenton
Objectives:
To explore the advantages and challenges of applying GRADE-CERQual;
To present experiences of applying GRADE-CERQual in guidelines;
To explore what further guidance is needed;
To collect feedback from users of GRADE-CERQual.
Description: To be presented by developers of the…
Workshop Assessing risk of bias in randomised studies: RoB 2.0
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Sterne, Elbers, Higgins, Reeves, Hróbjartsson, Boutron
Objectives: To gain experience using the revised Cochrane Risk-of-Bias tool (RoB 2.0) to assess risk of bias in randomised trials.
Description: Randomised trials (RCTs) provide evidence about the effects of healthcare interventions. However, results can be undermined by flaws in design, conduct…
Workshop Assessing the certainty of the evidence from network-meta analysis using the GRADE approach
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Brignardello-Petersen, Foroutan, Yepes-Nuñez, Guyatt
Objectives: For individuals considering conducting a network meta-analysis, to gain familiarity with and begin to gain facility in applying the GRADE Working Group approach to rating certainty of evidence in paired comparisons within a network meta-analysis.
Description: The GRADE Working Group…
Workshop Assessing the methodological strengths and limitations of qualitative evidence: What are the key criteria?
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Munthe-Kaas, Lewin, Glenton
Objectives: Qualitative evidence syntheses are increasingly used in decision making along with reviews of effectiveness. The GRADE-CERQual approach aims to assess how much confidence to place in evidence from reviews of qualitative research. Assessing the methodological limitations of individual…
Workshop Barriers to successful patient and public involvement on guideline panels and strategies to overcome them
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Schaefer, Morley, Santesso, Cowl, van der Weijden, Graham, Datar
Objectives:
• To share international experience, problems and pitfalls and best practice examples of patient and public involvement (ppi) in guidelines;
• To identify barriers to successful ppi and to prioritise the barriers that are known to have much impact and to be influential;
• To analyse…
Workshop Becoming a systematic review editor or peer reviewer for journals
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Lindsley, Li, Dickersin
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 Cochrane Eyes and Vision (CEV) as an example.…
Workshop Capacity building in conducting systematic reviews
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Oliver, Lotfi, Akl, El-Jardali, Bou-Karroum, Fadlallah , Darzi, Hemadi, Pullin
The Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) aims to build capacity in multidisciplinary evidence synthesis production and use in LMICs to impact practice and policy.
The EPPI-Centre, at UCL, is a specialist centre for:developing methods for systematic reviewing and synthesis of research…
Workshop Checking the checkboxes: How to critically appraise performance measures
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Drabkin, Alper, Qaseem
Objectives:
1) Participants will learn four criteria for critical appraisal of a performance measure.
2) Participants will learn how to apply the criteria to evaluate a performance measure.
3) Participants will evaluate at least one performance measure using the methodology described.…
Workshop Classmate: A trainer’s toolkit to support and enhance evidence production training activities with interactive micro-tasks
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Noel-Storr, Dooley, Wisniewski, Steele
Objectives: People often learn best by doing. Trainers will be able to use Classmate to create exciting activities for learning about evidence production and synthesis. The tool will allow trainers and educators to create rewarding ‘learning by doing’ classroom activities by customising tasks from…
Workshop Common errors in meta-analysis – lessons and learning from the Cochrane review-screening programme
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Bickerdike, Cumpston, Livingstone, Opiyo, Sambunjak
Objectives: The objectives of this workshop are to highlight common statistical errors made in Cochrane systematic reviews, and to provide practical, hands-on guidance to help authors and editors address these errors.
Description: The Cochrane Editorial Unit (CEU) quality assurance team has been…
Workshop Comparing multiple interventions workshop: Estimating treatment effects and evaluating the evidence from network meta-analysis
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Nikolakopoulou, Chaimani, Higgins
Objectives:To understand the statistical methodology of network meta-analysis and the assumption of consistency. To present a methodology that can be used to evaluate the credibility of evidence.
Description:This is the second of two workshops offered by the Cochrane Comparing Multiple…
Workshop Covidence Forum - a discussion of Cochrane's recommended online tool for review production
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Arno, Elliott
Objective: To highlight lesser known and useful features of Covidence for intermediate users.
Description: Covidence is Cochrane’s new online systematic review production platform, improving the efficiency and experience of producing systematic reviews. Covidence supports import and de-…
Workshop Creating evidence tables for use in systematic reviews and guideline development: GRADE approach
2017 Cape Town [Global Evidence Summit]
Santesso, Brozek, Wiercioch, Schunemann
Objective: This workshop will take participants through the process of creating evidence tables, such as Summary of Findings Tables and Evidence Profiles, and creating Evidence-to-Decision Tables to make evidence-based recommendations.
Description: After conducting a synthesis of the literature…