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  • Thursday, April 5, 2018; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

    Lecture 1: Designing a Systematic Review
    Indications and overview of the steps of systematic reviews, how to formulate research questions and developing a protocol, Data sources, search strategy and publication bias; inclusion and exclusion criteria, quality assessment, data abstraction forms, selection of studies, homogeneity.

    Faculty: Ashok Krishnaswami
     
    Location:  Mission Hall 1400

    • SR Course Overview Page 2018 File
    • SR Class Mtgs and Assignements 2018 File

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture1.2018 File

    • Session Slides:

    • Systematic Review Class intro 2018 File
    • Lecture 1 Systematic Review Epi 214 File

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

    • Watch URL
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    • Required Reading:

    • Bent - AJIC - Systematic Reviews File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Grant et al-2009-Health Information Libraries Journal File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Optional Reading:

      Systematic Reviews in Health Care, chapters 2,3,4 & 5

    • Moher D, Liberati A , Tetzlaff J, Altman DG. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. File
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    • Cooke A, Smith D, Booth A. Beyond PICO: the SPIDER tool for qualitative evidence synthesis. Qual Health Res. 2012 Oct;22(10):1435-43 File
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    • Ioannidis - Mass Production of SR File
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    • Assignment: NO HOMEWORK to submit, Required reading as shown in Lecture 1 Prospectus.

       

  • Thursday, April 12, 2018; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

    Lecture 2:

    Part A: 45 min: Developing a Protocol for Systematic Review

    Part B: 45 min: Literature Search

    Faculty: Steve Bent (Part A)/E. Whitaker (Part B)

    Location:  MH 1400

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 2.2018 File

    • Session Slides:

    • SR Lecture 2 - Protocol issues 4-7-18 File
    • EPI 214 41218 File

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

    • Watch URL
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Li 2015 - Innovations in SR Prep File
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    • Resources:

    • SR search planner 2018 File
    • EPI214 2018 File

    • Assignment: Submit a DRAFT Systematic Review Protocol, 1-2 pages as described in Lecture 2 Prospectus.

    • Assignment Due Date:  April 12

  • Thursday, April 19, 2018; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

    Lecture 3: Analytical Methods

    Faculty: Stephen Bent

    Location:      Mission Hall 1400

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 3 2018 File

    • Session Slides:

    • Bent Lecture 3 - SR Analytical Methods 4-09-18 File

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

    • Watch URL
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Moher D, Schulz KF, Altman DG. The CONSORT Statement: Revised Recommendations for Improving the Quality of Reports of Parallel-Group Randomized Trials. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2001;134:657-62. File
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    • Berlin JA, Golub RM. Meta-analysis as evidence: building a better pyramid. JAMA. 2014;312:603-5. File
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    • Juni et al. Hazards of scoring the quality of clinical trials for meta-analysis. JAMA. 1999;1054-60. File
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    • Dechartres A, Altman DG, Trinquart L, Boutron I, Ravaud P. Association between analytic strategy and estimates of treatment outcomes in meta-analyses. JAMA. 2014;312:623-30. File
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    • Assignment: NO HOMEWORK to submit. Optional reading as shown in Lecture 3 Prospectus.

  • Thursday, April 26, 2018; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

    Lecture 4:  Performing a Meta-analysis

    Faculty:  Steve Bent

    Location: Mission Hall 1400

    • Prospectus:

    • Systematic Review Lecture Slides 4-26-18 File
    • Lecture 4 2018 File

    • Session Slides:

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

    • Watch URL
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Assignment:  Complete STATA Problem Set

    • Datasets:

    • hw02-1 File
    • hw02-2 File

  • Thursday, May 3, 2018; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

    Lecture 5: New and Advanced Methods for Pooling Studies 

    Faculty: I. Elaine Allen

    Location:      Mission Hall 1400

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 5 2018 File

    • Session Slides:

    • Advanced Techniques in Meta-analysis File

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

    • Watch URL
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    • Required Reading:

    • Kluijfhout PET tracers SR 2016 File
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    • Elia - SR and research misconduct File
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    • Files for use with new techniques

    • Assignment: NO HOMEWORK to submit. Required reading as shown in Lecture 5 Prospectus.

  • Thursday, May 10, 2018; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

    Lecture 6: Performing a Critique of a Systematic Review: Journal Club

    Faculty: Steve Bent

    Location: MH 1400

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 6 2018 File

    • Session Slides:

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

    • Watch URL
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Required Reading:

    • Rowe BH et al. Intravenous magnesium sulfate treatment for acute asthma in the emergency department: a systematic review of the literature. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2000;36:181-190. File
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    • Alter HJ et al. Intravenous magnesium as an adjuvant in acute bronchospasm: a meta-anlaysis. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2000;36:191-197. File
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    • Assignment:  May 10 Homework DUE: 1-2 page critique of 2 systematic reviews as described in the Lecture 6 Prospectus.

    • Take Home Final Exam:  to be posted April 28, 2018.

    • SR EXAM 2018 File

    • Final Exam Due: May 17, 2018 (by e-mail to ucsfsystematicreviews2018@gmail.com)