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Session Details

Methodological quality and evidence synthesis innovation

Date & Time
Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location Name
St James
Session Type
Oral session
Category
Capacity building in evidence synthesis
Oral session
Methodological quality and evidence synthesis innovation
Speakers
Dena Zeraatkar, McMaster University
Miranda Cumpston, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Carole Lunny, Cochrane Hypertension Review Group
Irene XY Wu
Danielle Pollock, Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide
Lesley Uttley, University of Sheffield
Description
16:00 Opening remarks and introduction
16:05 The problems with systematic reviews: working towards the solutions
16:25 Common methodological errors in submitted manuscripts for systematic reviews and protocols in public health
16:45 Specifying the ‘PICO’ for each synthesis: current practice and development of the InSynQ (Intervention Synthesis Questions) checklist and guide
16:55 Challenges and innovations in evidence synthesis and evaluation during the COVID-19 pandemic
17:05 Introduction to the WISEST (Which Systematic Evidence Synthesis is best) Project: Developing an automated clinical decision-support algorithm to choose amongst systematic review(s) on the same topic
17:15 The numerous typologies and taxonomies of evidence synthesis
17:25 Closing remarks
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