Thursday, April 14, 2022; 8:30 -10:00 am

Session Slides:

Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

Recommended Cochrane Handbook sections:

• Part 2 - Chapter 9: Summarizing study characteristics and preparing for synthesis
• Part 2 - Chapter 10: Analyzing data and undertaking meta-analyses (sections: 10.1 – 10.5.1).

Optional Reading:

• Smith 2011 – Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions.
• Malekinejad 2008. Using Respondent-Driven Sampling Methodology for HIV Biological and Behavioral Surveillance in International Settings: A Systematic Review
• Rahimi-Movaghar 2015. Transition to injecting drug use in Iran: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence
• Malekinejad 2015. High hepatitis C virus prevalence among drug users in Iran: systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence (2001–2012)
• Malekinejad 2017. Yield of community-based tuberculosis targeted testing and treatment in foreign born populations in the United States: A systematic review
• Malekinejad M, Barker EK, Merai R, et al. Risk of HIV Acquisition Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Infected With Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sex Transm Dis. 2021;48(10):e138-e148. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001403
• Malekinejad M, Parriott A, Blodgett JC, et al. Effectiveness of community-based condom distribution interventions to prevent HIV in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2017;12(8):e0180718. Published 2017 Aug 3. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180718

Additional resources:

Assignment #2 (10% of grade): Review and provide feedback on another student’s protocol. Time to complete: 1-2 hours.

Due: April 23, 2022

• Please click on "Assignment 2" to download the detailed instructions. Please do the following steps AND the instructions in the Assignment 2 Word document:
  
• Each student will be paired with another student in the course. Each student pair is required to meet at least once during the course, read each other’s protocol, and discuss the importance/justification for a systematic review on their respective topics. 
• When submitting your brief protocol (as part of assignment #1), you should also send a copy of that to your peer-reviewer (and cc Mazie Tsang mazie.tsang@ucsf.edu) on the same day that you are submitting your Assignment 1. 
• For Assignment 2, you will then provide a written feedback on your peer’s protocol, highlighting at least three methodological areas that can be improved and two areas of strength. Final Assignment 2 should include a narrative section comprising 1-2 short paragraphs about critical comments (~ 200 words) + using marginal comments to provide comment on specific section of the protocol.