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Register now for Waranara Library's upcoming workshops for researchers:

Thursday, 11 September, 10.00am to 12.00pm

Introduction to Systematic Reviews - Part 1

This workshop will be online via Zoom.  Register via myRDC

This 2-hour workshop will help students and researchers new to systematic reviews to go through the basic steps of conducting a systematic review using the PRISMA 2020 Checklist. You will develop a searchable question, search databases, and export results to bibliographic management software.

At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Identify systematic reviews and meta-analysis, how they differ from narrative reviews, and their role in evidence-based practice. Describe the steps in conducting a systematic review using the PRISMA checklist.
• Develop a suitable research question and associated eligibility criteria (inclusion and exclusion criteria).
• Use advanced searching skills in a range of databases to identify research to answer the question. Include iterative searching to refine/expand results, hand searching and searching for grey literature.
• Manage search results by exporting to bibliographic software e.g. EndNote or Covidence

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Thursday, 18 September, 10:00am to 12:00pm

Introduction to Systematic Reviews - Part 2

This workshop will be online via Zoom, register via myRDC

This workshop introduces you to the remaining steps of conducting a systematic review after exporting the search results to your bibliographic management software e.g. EndNote, Zotero or to Covidence.

Participants will also be introduced to the following steps of conducting a systematic review:

• Screen titles and abstracts; obtain full text of papers.
• Document the search process using a PRISMA Flow Diagram.
• Extract and document data using a standardized form.
• Systematically assess the risk of bias, using appropriate risk of bias tools.
• Analyse and synthesise different types of research using narrative synthesis or quantitative synthesis (meta-analysis).