This course provides students with background knowledge, methodological skills, and guidance through all steps involved in conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, with a focus on interventional research. Topics include developing a research question, literature searching, managing references, selecting studies for inclusion in the review, risk of bias assessment, data extraction, synthesizing evidence, heterogeneity, and interpretation and grading of the evidence. (3.0 credit units) Three term hours. PREREQUISITE: EPID 801, EPID 821
This course provides students with background knowledge, methodological skills, and guidance through all steps involved in conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, with a focus on interventional research. Topics include developing a research question, literature searching, managing references, selecting studies for inclusion in the review, risk of bias assessment, data extraction, synthesizing evidence, heterogeneity, and interpretation and grading of the evidence. (3.0 credit units) Three term hours. PREREQUISITE: EPID 801, EPID 821
