Searching for Systematic Reviews: Advanced Design Methods

The seminar will be delivered via Zoom from 3.00 – 6.00pm on March 11th & 13th.

Run by Julie Glanville & Carol Lefebvre this 2 day ‘design’ course will provide opportunities to learn new techniques for search term identification and search structuring for a range of review types, as well as an exploration of the benefits of text mining and AI tools for study identification. The importance of searching for retractions and errata will also be discussed. There will be time to discuss best approaches, ask questions and to share insights.

Day 1: Advanced design methods for PICO questions

Day 2: Design methods for complex questions and searches

Topics covered:
·        Principles of search strategy design
·        Converting PICO questions to a search strategy
·        Using text mining to develop strategies
·        Using AI tools to develop strategies
·        Search strategies for complex topics
·        Searching for hard to define topics
·        Searching for reviews that are not structured as PICO
·        Multi-stranded searches
·        Citation analysis
·        Combined search approaches
·        Searching for retractions, errata and comments

All videos and materials will be available to attendees for up to 30 days after the course.

An official Instats certificate of completion is provided at the conclusion of the training.

For more information: https://instats.org/seminar/searching-for-systematic-reviews-advanc4 

If you would like to attend this course and the course running on March 18-20th, please use the link below to register for both simultaneously and benefit from a 10% discount.

https://instats.org/structuredcourse/searching-for-systematic-reviews-where-2