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             3rd SYMPOSIUM ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS: 
                              BEYOND THE BASICS

	                   3rd to 5th July, 2000
  	        St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK

                        Improving Quality and Impact
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  	          FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

	       Abstract deadline 11th February 2000
                                        (next Friday)

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Following the success of the first and second symposia on systematic 
review methods, which was held held in Oxford in January 1998 and 1999, 
we are pleased to annouce registration details and the abstract call for the
third symposium, to be held in July 2000.

The symposium will focus on research relating to the methods and problems
of doing systematic reviews, from the formulation of the question to the
application of the results.  The meeting will bring together people from a
wide variety of disciplines interested in going beyond the basics of
systematic reviewing.

FULL DETAILS OF THE MEETING, REGISTRATION FORMS,
and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORMS are available on 
the website:

http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/symp2000.html


Main topic areas will include:

What makes some reviews more useful than others? 
Focusing a review: prioritisation and choosing the right question 
Importance of methodological rigour in the systematic review process 
How objective are systematic reviews? 
Relationships between the reliability of reviews and speed of production 
Issues in undertaking reviews of studies of mixed designs 
Quality assessment of nonrandomised studies 
Methods for measuring heterogeneity 
Investigating and dealing with heterogeneity in meta-analyses 
How does the presentation of the results of a review affect its
interpretation? 
Methodological issues in choosing measures of effect 
New empirical studies and theoretical developments 
The future of systematic reviews 

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CALL for ABSTRACTS

Abstracts for oral or poster presentations are invited on the above 
topics, or other areas related to the methodology of systematic 
reviews.  The closing date for abstract submission is 
11th February 2000.  

An abstract submission form can be downloaded from our website

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For further information, registration and abstract forms please contact:

Rochelle Seifas, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Institute of Health
Sciences, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK.  
E-mail [log in to unmask]

and visit our website

http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/symp2000.html
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Jon Deeks
ICRF/NHS Centre for Statistics in Medicine
Institute of Health Sciences
Old Road, Headington
Oxford OX3 7LF
UK

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Phone	+44-(0)-1865-227001
Fax	+44-(0)-1865-226962

Homepages:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine	
http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/
Systematic review courses 
http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/srdphome.html
Systematic review methodology symposium
http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/symp2000.html



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