Training
Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials
Provider
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Duration
6 weeks
Delivery
Online
Cost
Free to access; fees for certification
Description
Faculty at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University use this course to introduce participants to the methods to perform systematic reviews and meta-analysis of clinical trials. Course facilitators will cover how to formulate an answerable research question, define inclusion and exclusion criteria, search for the evidence, extract data, assess the risk of bias in clinical trials, and perform a meta-analysis.
Upon successfully completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the steps in conducting a systematic review
- Develop an answerable question using the “Participants Interventions Comparisons Outcomes” (PICO) framework
- Describe the process used to collect and extract data from reports of clinical trials
- Describe methods to critically assess the risk of bias of clinical trials
- Describe and interpret the results of meta-analyses
NFQ Level
N/A
CPD Accredited
N/A
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