Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaClinical Systematic Reviews
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish
Head instructor
Dr. Pere CASTELLVI - pcastellvi@uic.es
Office hours
Dr. Cristina Monforte: cmonforte@uic.es
Dr. Pere Castellví: pcastellvi@uic.es
The systematic review of the scientific literature is the best way to answer to the need to know and summarize the growing amount of scientific results. This subject is an Introduction to the use of techniques for reviewing and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative research results and methods for adding results through meta-analytical techniques. In this subject the concepts will be presented through case studies in public health, health research and applied clinical research.
No pre-course requirements
General objectives:
Specific objectives:
At the end of this subject, the student will have to be able to:
In this subject, the following contents, among others, will be working on:
Gordis L. Epidemiología, 3ª ed. Madrid: Harcourt, 2003.
Argimón JM, Jiménez J. Métodos de investigación clínica y epidemiológica. Madrid: Elsevier, 2004.
Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-analysis in Context, 2nd Edition, Mattias Egger, George Davey Smith, and Douglas Altman, eds., BMJ Books, 2001.
Synthesising qualitative and quantitative health evidence: a guide methods. First edition. Catherine Pope, Nicholas Mays and Jennie Popay. Berkshire, England: McGrawHill, Open University Press. 2007
Mahtani Chugani V, Axpe Caballero M, Serrano Aguilar P, González Castro I, Fernández Vega E (2006) Metodología para incorporar los estudios cualitativos en la evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias. Madrid: Plan Nacional para el SNS del MSC. Servicio de Evaluación del Servicio Canario de la Salud. 160 p.
Nesbit K (2002) Evidence-based Filters for Ovid Medline. University of Rochester.
McKibbon A, Walker-Dilks C (2002) Evidence-based Filters for Ovid-CINAHL.
PRISMA statement: http://www.prisma-statement.org/
EQUATOR network: https://www.equator-network.org
Systematic review Toolbox: http://systematicreviewtools.com/index.php
Cochrane library http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/
BMJ research methods https://bmjopen.bmj.com/collection/research-methods
Berkeley Systematic Reviews Group, http://www.medepi.net/meta/
UK NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) http://www.nice.org.uk/
COREQ (COnsolidated criteria for REporting Qualitative research) Checklist https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/19/6/349/1791966
CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Programme) Checklist: 10 questions to help you make sense of a Qualitative research https://casp-uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CASP-Qualitative-Checklist.pdf