VIRTUAL COURSE: Best Evidence Synthesis - The Do's and Don'ts

Dear Valued Client,

 

Come join us for the VIRTUAL COURSE: Best Evidence Synthesis - The Do’s and Don’ts presented to you by UTAR Centre for Corporate and Community Development.

 

Title                      : Best Evidence Synthesis: The Do’s and Don’ts

Date & Day           : 7 May 2020 (Thursday)

Time & Duration   : 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm (2 hours)

Delivery Mode       : Microsoft Teams / Zoom / Google Meet

Investment           : Local

                                - RM220.00 (Public / UTAR Staff / UTAR Alumni)

                                - RM160.00 (UTAR Student)

                              : International

                                - USD53

Register Now        : https://bit.ly/2KJmi6P

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Discounts:
i) 25% for UTAR Confirmed Staff
ii) 10% UTAR/TAR UC Alumni
iii) 10% for organisations that send three or more participants

*Each participant is entitled to one discount only.

**Please state in the 'Remark' section of the online registration form if you are from the same organisation with 2 or more of your colleagues in order to be entitled to the 10% discount.  

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Objective

The best evidence synthesis consists of systematic review and meta-analysis. It can address study differences, especially when there are conflicting findings. In addition, the best evidence synthesis can determine, critically evaluate and integrate all the relevant findings in producing high quality articles.

 

Contents

This course will introduce participants to Systematic Review. The topics covered are as follows:

• Introduction to literature review
• Different types of literature review
• Conventional literature review vs systematic review
• Advantages and disadvantages of conventional literature reviews
• Systematic reviews
• Why you need to perform systematic reviews
• The importance of systematic literature reviews
• Identifying a research topic
• Developing a valid research question
• Literature searches
• Study selection
• Combining studies with and without meta-analysis
• Best-evidence synthesis

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Plan and synthesize a basic best-evidence
• Understand the appropriate methods to synthesize the best-evidence
• Accurately communicate the results of the best evidence    

Target Audience
For academics and researchers with a general interest in the methodology of best evidence synthesis and for those planning to conduct a best evidence synthesis in the future.

Software

• Mendeley

 

Trainer

Dr. Loo Keat Wei is an expert on meta-analysis and the trainer for various meta-analysis and systematic review workshops. She is affiliated to the Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). She is currently an appointed member of Young Scientist Network-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM). She is also a member of International Stroke Genetic Consortium and Cancer Epigenetics Society. She has published numerous high impact factors in ISI-indexed journals, for example, in Nature Scientific Reports, and Atherosclerosis. Her h-index and i10-index are 11.

 

For further information, please contact Ms. Joyce at Mobile: 016-2618830 or Email: looyh@utar.edu.my

 

Warm regards,

 

CENTRE FOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Serving to develop society