Core Objectives:

• Recognize features of systematic reviews as a research design
• Recognize the importance of using rigorous methods to conduct a systematic review of literature
• Identify the elements of a well-defined review question
• Understand the steps in a systematic review

Core Objectives:

• Recognize the importance of Cochrane Protocols
• Identify the information that should be included in the background of a systematic review
• Review PRISMA-P guidelines
• Skim through PROSPERO database/duplication of work
• Formulating review questions using PICO framework
• Recognize the key components of a well written objective
• Identify the eligibility criteria for studies to be included in a systematic review
• Data synthesis strategy
• Recognize the structure of a protocol
• Template of PROSPERO protocol

Core Objectives: 

• Search strategy development
• Suggest concepts and terms to be used in a search strategy
• Selecting databases
  • Designing search strategies for Pubmed
  • Training in Pubmed
  • Identify the key sources to search when conducting a systematic review
  • Identify the elements of the search process that need to be documented and reported
  • Conducting a search and reference management
  • Search using key terms and search strategy
  • Training in EndNote & Rayyan software for screening of bibliography
  • PRISMA Flow Chart

Core Objectives:

• Recognize the key features of the study selection process
• Identify the data required from a study included in a systematic review
• Recognize the different types and formats of outcome data in the included studies
• Extract the data from the included studies

Core Objective:

• Assess the risk of bias arising from the randomization process in the systematic reviews focusing on clinical trials
• Assess the risk of bias due to deviations from the intended interventions in the included studies
• Assess the risk of bias due to missing outcome data in the included studies
• Assess the risk of bias in measurement of the outcome in the included studies
• Assess the risk of bias due to selective reporting
• Reach a judgement on the overall ‘risk of bias’ in the included studies
• Identify ways of incorporating ‘Risk of bias’ assessment into the analysis

Core Objectives:

• What is methodological and clinical heterogeneity
• Data extraction forms
• Establishing inter-rater reliability
• Data extraction process
• Reporting results

Core Objectives:

• Define a meta-analysis
• Decide when it is appropriate to conduct a meta-analysis
• Forest Plots
• Choice of software RevMan/CMA/R
• Reporting Quantitative Results

Core Objectives:

• Recognize characteristics of different effect measures
• Identify ways in which continuous outcomes and their comparisons can be expressed
• Identify and understand the data presented in forest plots

Core Objectives:

• Identify ways of ensuring consistency in a systematic review
• Identify elements of the ‘Summary of findings’ table
• Decide how to present an outcome in a ‘Summary of findings’ table
• Identify the elements of good reporting of systematic review results
• Understand the purpose of ‘Authors’ conclusions’ in a systematic review
• Recognize features of a Cochrane
• Review abstract