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  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021; 1:30 PM - 3:00 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 

    • SR Class Mtgs and Assignements 2021 File
    • SR Course Overview Page 2021 File

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture1.2021 File

    • Session Slides:

    • Final Lecture 1 Systematic Review Epi 214 Krishnaswami April 2020 File

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

    • Lecture 1 Media Resource
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only
    • Prerecorded Lecture 1 2021 Media Resource
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Required Reading:

    • Bent S, Shojania, K, Saint, S. The use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in infection control and hospital epidemiology. Am J Infect Control. 2004 June:32(4):246-254. File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Optional Reading:

    • Moher D, Liberati A , Tetzlaff J, Altman DG. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • 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 J. The Mass Production of Redundant, Misleading, and Conflicted Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses. The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 94, No. 3, 2016 (pp. 485-514) File
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    • Grant MJ and Booth A. A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information and Libraries Journal , 26 , pp.91–108 File
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    • Assignment: NO HOMEWORK to submit, Required reading as shown in Lecture 1 Prospectus.

       

  • Tuesday, April 6, 2021; 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lecture 2:

    Part A: 45 min: Developing a Protocol for Systematic Review
    Part B: 45 min: Literature Search

    Faculty: Steve Bent (Part A)/Evans Whitaker (Part B)

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 2.2021 File

    • Session Slides:

    • EPI 214 2020 Part 2 (Evans Whitaker) File

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

    • Prerecorded Lecture 2 Part 1 (Steve Bent) Media Resource
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only
    • Prerecorded Lecture 2 Part 2 (Evans Whitaker) Media Resource
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Optional Reading:

    • Li T, et al. Innovations in data collection, management, and archiving for systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Feb 17;162(4):287-94. File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Resources:

    • EPI 214 information. Please read first File
    • EPI214Search2020student File
    • SR search planner 2020 File
    • EPI214 2020 File
    • AfibRateRhythmwithcomments File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

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

    • Assignment Due Date:  April 6

  • Tuesday, April 13, 2021; 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lecture 3: Analytical Methods

    Faculty: Steve Bent

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 3 2021 File

    • Session Slides:

    • Bent Lecture 3 - SR Analytical Methods 4-14-20 File

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

    • Prerecorded Lecture 3 Media Resource
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Optional Reading:

    • Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D. CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials. BMC Medicine. 2010;8:18. File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Juni et al. Hazards of scoring the quality of clinical trials for meta-analysis. JAMA. 1999;1054-60. File
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    • Assignment: NO HOMEWORK to submit. Optional reading as shown in Lecture 3 Prospectus.

  • Tuesday, April 20, 2021; 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lecture 4:  Performing a Meta-analysis

    Faculty:  Steve Bent

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 4 2021 CORRECTED 4-18-21 File

    • Session Slides:

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

    • Prerecorded Lecture 4 Media Resource
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Assignment:  April 28, STATA Problem set due

    • Assignment Due Date: April 20

    • Datasets:

    • hw02-1 File
    • hw02-2 File

  • Tuesday, April 27, 2021; 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lecture 5: Can I do a systematic review?

    Faculty: Steve Bent

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 5 2021 File

    • Session Videos

    • Prerecorded Lecture 5 Media Resource
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    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading: None

    • Optional Reading: None

    • Resources:

    • Assignment: May 5 homework due: 

    • Systematic Review Lecture 5 Slides 2021 File

  • Tuesday, May 4, 2021; 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

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

    Faculty: Steve Bent

    • Prospectus:

    • Lecture 6 2021 File

    • Session Slides:

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

    • Prerecorded Lecture 6 Media Resource
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Required Reading:

    • Rowe RH, Bretzlaff JA, Bourdon C, Bota GW, Camargo CA. Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate Treatment for Acute Asthma in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Ann Em Med. 2000;36:181-190 File
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    • Alter HJ, Koepsell TD, Hilty WM. Intravenous Magnesium as an Adjuvant in AcuteBronchospasm: A Meta-Analysis. Ann Em Med. 2000;36:191-197. File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Assignment Due Date: May 4, 2021 (by e-mail to ucsfsystematicreviews2021@gmail.com)

    • Take Home Final Exam: 

    • SR EXAM 2021 File
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Final Exam Due: May 11, 2021 (by e-mail to ucsfsystematicreviews2021@gmail.com)