Registration and Welcome Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1

Introduction to evidence-based healthcare Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Concepts of EBM

Introduction to systematic reviews Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Purpose, types, and importance of systematic reviews

Overview SRMA Protocol Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Introduce the main components of SRMA Protocol, standard guideline and checklist

Developing review questions and inclusion criteria Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 PICO framework, defining review objectives, inclusion/exclusion criteria

Searching for studies and managing references Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Database selection, logic grids, citation management using Zotero or Mendeley

Study selection and protocol development (practical) Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Screening strategy, PRISMA flow, protocol template overview

Recap of day 1 and overview of day 2 Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Discussion and reflection on lessons learned

Quantitative research designs and critical appraisal Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 RCTs, cohort, and case-control studies

Critical appraisal of quantitative studies (practical) Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Group exercise various checklists; interpreting study quality

Data extraction and management Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Designing data extraction templates, handling missing data

Group work: protocol refinement Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Facilitator-guided revision and peer review of draft protocols

Introduction to data synthesis and meta-analysis Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Concepts of effect size, heterogeneity, fixed vs. random effects, forest plots

Practical session: conducting a meta-analysis Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Hands-on practice using RevMan; interpreting outputs

Preparing and presenting systematic review results Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 PRISMA reporting, summary of findings tables, discussion writing

Protocol presentations, evaluation, and closing Room: Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 Group presentations, feedback, closing remarks