Systematic review workshops

1. Toronto, Canada (November 20-21, 2008)

The workshop was aimed at researchers who are working on, or planning to start work on, a systematic review. The training focused on both lecture and small group work, where individuals had the opportunity to work with the details of their review question.

Trainers:
Betsy Becker (Florida State University, USA), Therese Pigott (Loyola University Chicago, USA), and Julia Littell (Bryn Mawr College, USA).

2. Leiden, Netherlands (August 18-20, 2008)

This workshop was aimed at researchers who are working on, or planning to start work on, a systematic review. The instruction covered topics from the history of systematic reviewing to literature searching to coding guide development and study coding. Presentations included statistical training on effect sizes, meta-analysis, and fixed and random effects models. The training materials are available in the Resource Center.


If you have any queries about training opportunities, please contact Jeff Valentine, jeff.valentine@louisville.edu.

Methods Coordinating Group meetings

1.  Oslo, Norway (May 20, 2009)

Conferences

1.  Wave to the Future: Canadian Cochrane Symposium

Halifax, Canada: March 11-12, 2009

The Campbell Equity Methods Group gave three presentations at the Canadian Cochrane Symposium in 2009.  These were:

• The Equity Checklist: A Tool For Systematic Review Authors (workshop)
• Implications of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health for Cochrane and Campbell Reviews (oral presentation)
• When and how are effects on health equity assessed in systematic reviews of effectiveness: a Cochrane Methodology Systematic Review (oral presentation)

For more information, please contact Erin Ueffing.