Participants of the workshops can be post-graduates, research scholars and faculty from medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, biostatistics, management, education and social science background who are interested in evidence synthesis.
No. of days: 2 days
Mode: Online or Onsite
Sessions: The workshops can be arranged for two days in a stretch or on a weekly-basis (e.g., half or full-day on every Saturday or one of the weekdays)
Objectives:
To orient participants on systematic review
To support participants to come up with a systematic review question
To motivate participants to initiate systematic review
Topics covered:
Introduction to systematic reviews
Types of reviews
Formulating systematic review research question
Search and search strategy
Data management and screening
Data extraction
Critical appraisal of studies
Data analysis – quant and qual
Reporting and registration of protocols
No. of days: 4-5 days
Mode: Online or Onsite
Sessions: The workshops can be arranged for 4 to 5 days in a stretch or on a weekly-basis (e.g., half or full-day on every Saturday or one of the weekdays)
Objectives:
To finalize systematic review research question
To complete systematic review protocol and PROSPERO registration
Topics covered:
Introduction to systematic reviews
Types of reviews
Study designs
Formulating systematic review research questions (RQs)
Discussion on RQs of the participants and finalizing RQs and eligibility criteria
Search and search strategy
Designing and drafting search strategy and identifying data sources
Data management and screening
Drafting screening protocol
Data extraction
Listing data items and designing draft data extraction file
Critical appraisal of studies
Selecting critical appraisal tools
Data analysis
Assessing the quality of evidence
Drafting data analysis plan
Reporting using PRISMA -P and registration of protocols
Presentation of completed protocols
No. of days: 2 days
Mode: Online or Onsite
Sessions: The workshops can be arranged for 2 days in a stretch or on a weekly-basis (e.g., half or full-day on every Saturday or one of the weekdays)
Objectives:
To orient participants on scoping review
To support participants to come up with a scoping review question
To motivate participants to initiate scoping review
Topics covered:
Introduction to scoping reviews
Difference between scoping review and other reviews
Formulating scoping review research question
Search and search strategy
Data management and screening
Data coding
Data analysis
Reporting and registration of protocols
No. of days: 3-4 days
Mode: Online or Onsite
Sessions: The workshops can be arranged for 3 to 4 days in a stretch or on a weekly-basis (e.g., half or full-day on every Saturday or one of the weekdays)
Objectives:
To finalize scoping review research question(s)
To complete scoping review protocol and OSF registration
Topics covered:
Introduction to scoping reviews
Formulating scoping review research questions (RQs)
Discussion on RQs of the participants and finalizing RQs and eligibility criteria
Search and search strategy
Designing and drafting search strategy and identifying data sources
Data management and screening
Drafting screening protocol
Data extraction
Listing data items and designing draft data extraction file
Data analysis
Drafting data analysis plan
Reporting using PRISMA and registration of protocols
Presentation of completed protocols
No. of days: 2 days
Mode: Online or Onsite
Sessions: The workshops can be arranged for 2 days in a stretch or on a weekly-basis (e.g., half or full-day on every Saturday or one of the weekdays)
Objectives:
To orient participants on umbrella review
To support participants to come up with a umbrella review question
To motivate participants to initiate umbrella review
Topics covered:
Introduction to systematic reviews and umbrella reviews
Types of reviews
Formulating umbrella review research question
Search and search strategy
Data management and screening
Data extraction
Critical appraisal of studies
Overlap of reviews
Data analysis – quant and qual
Reporting and registration of protocols
No. of days: 4-5 days
Mode: Online or Onsite
Sessions: The workshops can be arranged for 4 to 5 days in a stretch or on a weekly-basis (e.g., half or full-day on every Saturday or one of the weekdays)
Objectives:
To finalize systematic review research question
To complete systematic review protocol and PROSPERO registration
Topics covered:
Introduction to systematic reviews and umbrella review
Types of reviews
Formulating umbrella review research questions (RQs)
Discussion on RQs of the participants and finalizing RQs and eligibility criteria
Search and search strategy
Designing and drafting search strategy and identifying data sources
Data management and screening
Drafting screening protocol
Data extraction
Listing data items and designing draft data extraction file
Critical appraisal of systematic reviews
Selecting critical appraisal tools
Overlap of reviews
Preparing matrix for overlap of reviews
Data analysis
Drafting data analysis plan
Reporting using PRISMA and registration of protocols
Presentation of completed protocols