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Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Johns Hopkins University

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We will introduce methods to perform systematic reviews and meta-analysis of clinical trials. We 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

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Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

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Tianjing Li, MD, MHS, PHD

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Kay Dickersin, PhD

Professor, Epidemiology

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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The mission of The Johns Hopkins University is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction

To get the ball rolling, we'll take a broad overview of what to expect in this course and then introduce you to the high-level concepts of systematic review and meta-analysis and take a look at who produces and uses systematic reviews.

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 40 min), 3 readings

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Framing the Question

In this module, we will discuss how to frame a question, as well as scope, elements, and refining the question.

3 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 73 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Searching Principles and Bias Assessment

In this module we will look at finding the evidence, as well as key sources, search strategy, and assessing the risk of bias.

3 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 119 min)

11 videos

Searching Principles and Assessing Bias 2m

Lecture 3A: Finding the Evidence: Searching Principles5m

Lecture 3B: Identifying Key Sources and Techniques for Searching17m

Lecture 3C: Building a High-Quality Search Strategy17m

Lecture 3D: Documenting Your Search and Conclusions8m

Lecture 4A: Why Bias in the Individual Study is Important to a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis7m

Lecture 4B: Selection Bias18m

Lecture 4C: Information Bias8m

Lecture 4D: Bias in the Analysis15m

Lecture 4E: Displaying Study "Quality" in Your Systematic Review16m

Byron Wallace, Phd2m

2 practice exercises

Module 330m

Module 430m

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Minimizing Metabias, Qualitative Synthesis, and Interpreting Results

In this module, we will cover minimizing metabias, selection bias, information bias, how to report transparently, qualitative synthesis, and interpreting results.

2 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 88 min)

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

by BKSep 1, 2019

This course helps to learn basics about systematic review and meta-analysis. I recommend this course to the beginners, who wants to do systematic review in future. Thank you John Hopkins!

by AGOct 2, 2019

I am very happy with the content of the course, and also I hope you can open a new course of intermediate level. Congratulations to this amazing woman that create this course! Thank you!

by ATJan 14, 2020

Really excellent information. Would have appreciated more basic discussion of statistical concepts, or a link to resources for those not as familiar with them or without a background in epidemiology.

by AHApr 16, 2020

It must include some basics for Statistics involved in Meta analysis, other new students joining from world because they did not study this in their Epidemiology classes in their universities.

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