Workshop Agenda, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis : The Campbell Collaboration

Campbell Collaboration organised a two-day systematic review workshop in Oslo, Norway, June 2010. The course was held by Prof. Terri Pigott of Loyola University, Chicago, USA, and Co-chair of Campbell's Methods Group. Course materials from the workshop can be found below.

The Campbell Collaboration: Why systematic reviews?
Introduction to Systematic Reviews (1) Problem formulation 1. Questions and topics of a review 2. The scope of a review 3. Setting inclusion and exclusion criteria, using the PICOS framework (problems, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, and study design) 4. Group exercise: Problem formulation
Data Collection: Information Retrieval (2) Data collection 1. Literature searching: electronic searches, grey literature, hand searches 2. Developing and documenting search strategies 3. Managing data
Data Evaluation: Initial screening and Coding (3) Data evaluation 1. Inclusion and exclusion decisions for the review 2. Coding studies for the review 3. Group exercise: Initial screening and eligibility decisions
Recap of Day 1
Data Analysis and Interpretation: Computing effect sizes (4) Data analysis and interpretation, continued 1. Computing mean effect size 2. Tests of homogeneity 3. Group exercise: Extracting information for effect sizes from studies
Introduction to meta-analysis
Interpretation of effect sizes (Introduction)
A look at the MST synthesis (Multisystemic therapy for social, emotional, and behavioral problems in youth aged 10-17)
Group Exercises

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Campbell Collaboration organised a two-day systematic review workshop in South Africa, August 2010. The course was held by Prof. Julia H. Littell, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Bryn Mawr College, USA and Prof. Terri Pigott of Loyola University, Chicago, USA.