This virtual workshop is the first
national systematic review and meta-analysis workshop that will be held on March 4, 2021 through the
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Studies Center of Kermanshah University
of Medical Sciences (SYRMAN). Due to the COVID-19 challenging time,
this workshop will be held virtually in the form of a webinar. Online lectures, questions
and answers, live chats and some exercises,
all being in a virtual environment, will be available
Trainer
Dr. Farid Najafi
Dr. Ali Akbar Haghdoost
Dr. Payam Kabiri
Dr. Bita Mesgarpoor
Dr. Ali Kabir
Aim/ Content:
This virtual workshop aims to familiarized participants with
systematic review studies and meta-analysis. It will include:
Introduction to the principle of
systematic review and meta-analysis studies
o Types of the studies and the concept of primary and secondary studies
o Defining the types of review studies and the difference between review
studies and systematic review and meta-analysis
o Formulating a systematic review question based on PICO /PECO
o Type and scope of the question, components of the question, research
question modification
o Specify keywords
o Determining inclusion and exclusion criteria
Search for evidence
o
Searching database and finding the
relevant documents
o Sensitivity and specificity of systematic search
o Develop a quality search strategy
o Managing & Documenting Results
o Screening articles by title and abstract
Quality assessment
o Risk of Bias assessment in Clinical Trials
o Steps to review documents based on related tools
Data extraction and running a
meta-analysis
o Data extraction based
on the prepared checklist
o Fixed- versus Random-Effects Models in Meta-Analysis
o Common charts and tests in meta-analysis
o Quantifying Heterogeneity in a Meta-analysis
o Strategies for addressing heterogeneity
o How to conduct meta-analysis
o Subgroup analysis
o Sensitivity analysis
Interpretation of the results and report
a meta-analysis study
o Investigating heterogeneity and interpreting sensitivity analysis
o Interpretation of the pooled effect size
o Describing publication bias
o Interpretation of forest plot and funnel plot and sensitivity analysis
charts
o Principles of Cochrane Review and its differences from other systematic
reviews
Target group
Medical and Health specialists
Requirements
Basic knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics
Enrollment
Enrollment and further information is available here
Language: This workshop
is taught in Persian.