Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

Africa/Nairobi
Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1 (SRHR CoE Building)

Conference Room 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Conference Room 1

SRHR CoE Building

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    • 1
      Registration and Welcome
    • 2
      Introduction to evidence-based healthcare

      Concepts of EBM

    • 3
      Introduction to systematic reviews

      Purpose, types, and importance of systematic reviews

    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee Break
    • 4
      Overview SRMA Protocol

      Introduce the main components of SRMA Protocol, standard guideline and checklist

    • 5
      Developing review questions and inclusion criteria

      PICO framework, defining review objectives, inclusion/exclusion criteria

    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch break
    • 6
      Searching for studies and managing references

      Database selection, logic grids, citation management using Zotero or Mendeley

    • 3:00 PM
      Coffee break
    • 7
      Study selection and protocol development (practical)

      Screening strategy, PRISMA flow, protocol template overview

    • 8
      Recap of day 1 and overview of day 2

      Discussion and reflection on lessons learned

    • 9
      Quantitative research designs and critical appraisal

      RCTs, cohort, and case-control studies

    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee break
    • 10
      Critical appraisal of quantitative studies (practical)

      Group exercise various checklists; interpreting study quality

    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch Break
    • 11
      Data extraction and management

      Designing data extraction templates, handling missing data

    • 3:00 PM
      Coffee Break
    • 12
      Group work: protocol refinement

      Facilitator-guided revision and peer review of draft protocols

    • 13
      Introduction to data synthesis and meta-analysis

      Concepts of effect size, heterogeneity, fixed vs. random effects, forest plots

    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee break
    • 14
      Practical session: conducting a meta-analysis

      Hands-on practice using RevMan; interpreting outputs

    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch break
    • 15
      Preparing and presenting systematic review results

      PRISMA reporting, summary of findings tables, discussion writing

    • 3:00 PM
      Coffee break
    • 16
      Protocol presentations, evaluation, and closing

      Group presentations, feedback, closing remarks