Dear all,
Please see below for details of a course on Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy, part of the Swiss Epidemiology Winter School. The course will run over three days and consists of lectures, group work and computer practical sessions.
Each day, the course starts early in the morning with an extended afternoon break for participants to review course materials or go skiing.
Best wishes,
Yemisi
Yemisi Takwoingi
Senior Research Fellow in Biostatistics
Test Evaluation Research Group
Institute of Applied Health Research
Public Health Building
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT
Tel: +44 121 4147833
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Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
20 – 22 January 2020
Description
This course will focus on the systematic review process to identify, critically appraise and summarise data from diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies. DTA studies evaluate the performance of a diagnostic test, for example to gauge how
good a test is at discriminating between diseased and non-diseased persons. A systematic review is a useful design to summarise all evidence on the clinical performance of a diagnostic test for a specific disease or condition. This course starts with a basic
introduction to what a DTA study is and what estimates such as sensitivity and specificity mean. Thereafter, the course participants are introduced to the steps involved in the conduct of a high quality systematic review, including the planning, organisation
and conduct of the statistical analyses (meta-analyses).
Objectives
By the end of this course participants will:
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Understand the different objectives and designs of DTA studies
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Understand the basic elements of a thorough literature search for DTA studies
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Understand potential risk of bias and concerns regarding applicability of DTA study results
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Understand the concepts underlying different approaches to meta-analysis of DTA studies
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Perform different types of meta-analyses of DTA studies (in RevMan and Stata)
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Describe summary estimates and interpret results from meta-analyses appropriately.
Target audience
The target audience are epidemiologists, statisticians and others who wish to conduct or appraise systematic reviews and meta-analyses of DTA studies. Participants should have a basic understanding of general statistical and epidemiological
principles. Although exercises are done in STATA and RevMan, no prior experience with these packages is required.
Faculty
Dr. Anne W.S. Rutjes, PhD Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland Fondazione Università "Gabriele d'Annunzio", University of Chieti – Pescara, Italy
Dr. Yemisi Takwoingi, PhD Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Venue
CH – 3823 Wengen | SWITZERLAND Bühlstube (see map at
http://www.epi-winterschool.org/hotels)
Registration
For further details and to register, see the Winter School website
www.epi-winterschool.org.