Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Notes

Description

All topics/weeks covered. Topics include: - Module 1: Reviewing literature and levels of evidence - Module 2: Starting a systematic review: formulating a research question - Module 3: Putting together a search strategy and writing a systematic review protocol - Module 4: Executing the systematic review protocol (finding and sorting through studies) - Module 5: Preparing a PRISMA Flowchart and Assessing Bias - Module 6: Introduction to meta-analysis - Module 7: Understanding heterogeneity, assessing publication bias and writing up a systematic review - Module 8: More on effect sizes and a look at meta-analyses not examining interventions - Module 9: Meta-regression, PRISMA guidelines, and assessing meta-analyses - Module 10: Why are systematic reviews and meta-analyses so important? Covers content from the semester in a concise manner.