Systematic Review Academy

PubMed, MeSH, Boolean operators, and translating a search across databases. Module lists first. Videos next.

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Modules on PubMed, MeSH, Boolean operators, and translating a search to Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, and Cochrane.

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Fundamentals of Searching in Bibliographic Databases

Beginner · 4 weeks

  1. 01Introduction - What is this course all about?
  2. 02Why Search Systematically?
  3. 03Research Questions: PICO or the building blocks method
  4. 04Aspects of Research Questions
  5. 05Thesaurus Terms
  6. 06Free Text Terms
  7. 07Truncation (pros and cons)
  8. 08Boolean Operators
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How to search in PubMed

Beginner · 3 weeks

  1. 01Introduction to PubMed
  2. 02MeSH terms
  3. 03Tiab terms
  4. 04Phrasing and nesting words
  5. 05Search Filters
  6. 06Search demonstration start to finish
  7. 07Common mistakes & FAQs
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Systematic Review Fundamentals

Beginner · 6 weeks

  1. 01Introduction to Systematic Reviews
  2. 02Protocol Development
  3. 03Search Strategy Design
  4. 04Study Selection
  5. 05Data Extraction
  6. 06Quality Assessment
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Advanced Techniques: Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane, Scopus, CINAHL

Advanced · 8 weeks

  1. 01Introduction to Advanced Search Techniques
  2. 02Overview of the different types of Databases and their specialty
  3. 03Translating PubMed Searches to Other databases
  4. 04Show the interphase of each of these databases and insert search blocks
  5. 05Techniques for Efficient Literature Deduplication
  6. 06Citation chasing / Snowballing
  7. 07Updating Systematic Reviews: Strategies for Updating Systematic Searches
  8. 08Reporting the Search Strategies in a Published Journal
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Meta-Analysis Masterclass

Advanced · 8 weeks

  1. 01Statistical Foundations
  2. 02Effect Size Calculation
  3. 03Heterogeneity Assessment
  4. 04Publication Bias
  5. 05Subgroup Analysis
  6. 06Advanced Meta-Analysis Methods
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