PHVIT9550 Systematic reviews and metaanalyses Course description

Healthcare decisions for individual patients and for public health policies should be informed by the best available research evidence. The evidence comes from good reviews which is a state-of-the-art synthesis of current evidence on a given research question. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses and qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) play an important role in clinical guidelines, patient information, in clinical and political decision-making and in evidence-based practice. A systematic review or qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) can also play an important role in a PhD Thesis by providing an overview of the thesis topic.

This course offers an overview of the use of systematic reviews, the method of systematic reviews, qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) and meta-analysis and how to critically appraise a systematic review or QES. The course will focus on systematic reviews of qualitative and quantitative studies and will be partly organized as parallel sessions. The course will be run as a five-day course over a period of three months.

Vurderingsinnhold: Læringsutbyttene

Vurderingsform: Individuell skriftlig prøve under tilsyn, 3 timer

Eksamen vil normalt bli arrangert 4 ganger i løpet av studieåret. Dette er en spesialordning som kun gjelder dette emnet. Det må derfor understrekes at eksamensretten følger av Forskrift om studier og eksamen ved OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet gjelder (§5-4): Studenten har 3 forsøk på å bestå eksamen. Hvis 3. gangs forsøk ikke er bestått, kan studenten søke om et fjerde og siste forsøk.

Kalkulator utlevert av universitetet.

Bestått/ikke bestått. For å bestå eksamen må studenten levere en feilfri besvarelse.

Alle besvarelser blir vurdert av én intern sensor.

Each candidate must plan and write a protocol for a systematic review or qualitative evidence synthesis based on a research question of their choice. The protocol must consist of all the elements of a systematic review, and be submitted no more than 6 months after the first day of the course.

All

Grades are awarded on the basis of pass or fail.

One internal examiner