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Cochrane
Collaboration and Systematic Review - A hands-on Workshop
27-29 November 2007,
Dubai-UAE.
(The event has been
postponed. The new date will be announced soon)
Workshop Instructors
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DR. ZBYS FEDOROWICZ MSc
DPH BDS. LDS RCS (Eng),
is a British national who
graduated from the Royal Dental Hospital of London in
1971. His clinical experience has included postings in
Holland & South Africa & over the last 30 years in the
Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia & Bahrain). He is
currently employed as a Consultant to the MOH in Bahrain
& is the Director of the Bahrain Branch of the UK
Cochrane Centre & is on the Board of Directors & the
Steering Group of the Cochrane Collaboration. His
publications include 10 Cochrane systematic reviews. He has recently coauthored
& published 2 books & has a
number of publications in peer-reviewed journals. His
principal research interests are in the methodology of
systematic reviews & in healthcare research priority
setting in lower/middle income countries. |
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DR. AMANI AL HAJERI MD,
MSc Medical Genetics (Scotland), B.Sc Basic Medical
Sciences, Joint Board Certificate in Family Practice (ICGP)
& (RCSI), Arab Board of Family & Community Medicine. She
is a Bahraini clinical geneticist who graduated from the
AGU. Currently is employed as a Chief resident in the
Genetic Dept. of the MOH in Bahrain & is the
Handsearching Program Coordinator of the Bahrain Branch
of the UK Cochrane Centre. She is actively involved in
producing systematic reviews in collaboration with the
Cystic Fibrosis & Genetics Diseases & Heart Cochrane
groups. She has a number of publications in several
peer-reviewed journals. She is also a member of the
editorial board of Bahrain Medical Bulletin. Her
principal research interests are in the methodology of
systematic reviews, the common genetic disorders in the
region such as hemoglobinopathies and in family
medicine. |
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DR. MONA NASSER,
graduated from the Shaheed Beheshti University of
Medical Sciences where she is currently a researcher &
instructor in Evidence-based Dentistry. Her work also
includes teaching & conducting Systematic Review in
several research centers, institutes & dental schools.
She is the coordinator of the Cochrane Developing
Countries Network & an author in several Cochrane Review
Groups. Her publications include several Cochrane
Reviews & protocols & methodological studies. Her
principal research interest is in healthcare research
priority setting in LMIC countries & developing training
programs on systematic reviews, the methodology of
systematic reviews of healthcare intervention & Islamic
medical history. |
Workshop
objectives:
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Participants be acquainted with the Cochrane Collaboration and its
activities
- Participants should understand the differences between a systematic
review & a traditional narrative review.
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Participants should understand the rationale for systematic reviews
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Participants understand the significance of levels of evidence
represented as the ‘hierarchy of evidence’
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Participants should have obtained a foundation knowledge of the
steps required to conduct a systematic review in the field of health
care
Key Learning Benefits:
The Cochrane
Collaboration is an international organization that aims to help
people make well-informed decisions about healthcare by preparing,
maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of
the effects of healthcare interventions.
This intensive
two-day systematic review training workshop will allow the
participants to get acquainted with the Cochrane Collaboration and
its activities as well as provide the necessary skills to contribute
to this type of research.
Who should attend?
Every one involved
with health care as provider, recipient or researcher. This will
include consumers who are patients or people interested in a
particular field of medicine, nurses, doctors and healthcare
personnel.
Workshop Contents:
Background to
Systematic Reviews and the Cochrane Collaboration:
Welcome and Introductions; What
is the Cochrane Collaboration; Understanding systematic reviews:
Anatomy of a systematic review?,
What is a systematic review?,
Why review systematically?;
Hierarchy of evidence; Study
Designs; Group
Discussion: Critical Appraisal of a systematic review
Designing a
Systematic Review: Identifying a relevant research question:
Why set a focused question?;
Components of a focused question?;
Group
Discussion–Designing question for review
Which studies should we include?:
Which outcome interests us and the users of the
reviews?,
Inclusion and exclusion criteria;
Group
discussion- Design inclusion and exclusion criteria for your
question
Format
of a systematic review; Cochrane Library; Computer session on the Cochrane library;
Hand
searching; Group
tasks on hand searching
Finding the
evidence: Search strategy:
Developing a search strategy;
Searching for relevant trials for systematic reviews:
where, how and why?;
Practical exercises on searching skill; Developing a protocol
Q&A; Registering a title; Methodological Quality of the studies; Group
task – Appraise a randomized controlled trial; Practical exercise – Registering a title at a CRG online; Wrap
up and Feedback.
Attendees prerequisite:
Basic skills
in using the computer or internet, (Help will be provided whenever
necessary) and English language knowledge.
Instruction Language: English
Workshop Pricing &
Payment Methods:
Price: AED4850
(Fees Include documentations and handouts, Certificate of
attendance, Lunch Buffet, and refreshments)
You may pay by
Cheque/Bank Draft, Transfer or Cash
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Cheque/Bank
Draft payable: Reyada Training & Management
Consultancy.
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Bank
Transfer to:
Emirates Bank
International,
A/C:
0077-469201-001,
Karama Branch,
Dubai – UAE.
Please fax the
copy of transfer advice: +971-4-2686556
Workshops Venue
Dubai women's
Association
P.O. Box 1704,
Dubai - United Arab Emirates.
Location: Deira, Opposite Dubai Hospital.
Tel.: +971-4-2662600, +971-4-2662737
To Register [Click here]
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Postponed Event