Course title

How to Perform High Quality Preclinical Research Through Systematic Reviews

Discipline

Public Health

University / Organization

Radboud University

Course website (further registration info)

bit.ly/2UcaHAd

City

Nijmegen

Country

The Netherlands

Academic level

Both Msc and PhD

Language

English

School

Address

Course director

Course lecturer(s)

Judith van Luijk Postdoctoral researcher Department for Health Evidence / HTA / SYRCLE Radboud UMC

Course aim

After this course you will be able to: - Identify factors in animal studies that can hamper interpretation, translatability and reproducibility. - Explain the most important advantages of and challenges for systematic reviews of animal studies - Build a comprehensive search strategy in PubMed - Perform and interpret an assessment of the methodological quality of animal studies - Perform and interpret a simple meta-analysis of animal studies

Course contents / programme

In this course, you will get an extensive introduction to the concept of systematic reviews of animal studies and to the differences between these review methods and classical reviews. Both the advantages and the limitations of systematic reviews will be discussed. The course will be given by SYRCLE, one of the leading centres in the world specialised in systematic reviews of animal studies. Since 2009, SYRCLE has developed a unique education program, as well as tools and guidelines to promote and facilitate the conduct of systematic reviews of animal studies.

Required Knowledge and preparation

Teaching methods

Assessment

Starting month

August

Course type

Summer School

Consecutive days

Yes

Online course

No

Duration (net days)

5

Credits

2

Course fee

€675, 10-25% early bird + partner discount if you apply before March 1st, 2019.

Direct e-mail to register

Paper submission required?

none

Logo of institution

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