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PRECONGRESS COURSE 15
Sunday, 2 July 2017 I Room T
How to prepare a Systematic Review in reproductive medicine Organised by Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility Group
COURSE COORDINATORS
Professor Cynthia Farquhar (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will assist ESHRE members who have already have some understanding of systematic reviews and evidence based medicine to write a systematic review for treatment or diagnostic tests. There will be interactive group activities. The course will be limited to 50 people.
TARGET AUDIENCE
All ESHRE members who are interested in authoring systematic reviews in reproductive medicine. This includes clinicians, psychologists, laboratory scientists, and consumers.
Chairman: Cindy M. Farquhar (New Zealand)
09:00 - 09:05 09:05 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 13:30 13:30 - 14:15
14:15 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:00 16:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:00
Welcome – Cindy M. Farquhar (New Zealand)
Evidence based decision making – why do we need it in reproductive medicine
– Ben W. Mol (The Netherlands)
Introduction to the Cochrane Collaboration and the Cochrane Library, and to Review Manager software – Cindy M. Farquhar (New Zealand) and Helen Nagels (New Zealand)
Steps in writing a Cochrane systematic review? – Andy Vail (United Kingdom)
Coffee break
Developing a question with exercise 1 - small group activity with feedback
– Cindy M. Farquhar (New Zealand)
How to read a study and assess the risk of bias? – Andy Vail (United Kingdom) Lunch break
Exercise 2: Critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials
(2 different studies with risk of bias assessment) with feedback
– Cindy M. Farquhar (New Zealand), Sarah Lensen (United Kingdom) and Andy Vail (United Kingdom)
GRADE, publication bias – Andy Vail (United Kingdom)
Coffee break
How to read the meta-analysis? – Madelon Van Wely (The Netherlands)
Exercise 3: Critical appraisal of systematic reviews (2 different systematic reviews)
– Cindy M. Farquhar (New Zealand)
Feedback
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