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Course: Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in
Context
Venue: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
Duration: Three days
Date: June 16th-18th 2004
Cost: £450
Tutors include: Matthias Egger, Jonathan Sterne, Shah Ebrahim, George
Davey Smith, Theresa Moore, Margaret Burke
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The course aims to discuss what systematic reviews and
meta-analyses are, or should be, how they should be conducted and how
published reviews should be assessed. The focus will be on systematic
reviews and meta-analyses or controlled trials but meta-analysis of
observational data will also be discussed.
The course is designed for clinicians, researchers, public health
specialists and other health care professionals who want to
critically appraise and/or perform systematic reviews and
meta-analyses. It is based on the book with the same title, published
by BMJ Books in 2001.
Students should have a basic knowledge of statistical methods. A
basic appreciation of research designs (to the level of the Basic
Epidemiological Methods course - visit
http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/shortc.htm for more details on the rest of
the short course programme) would be helpful, as would basic knowledge of
Stata.
All the short courses at the Department of Social Medicine are
CME and PGEA approved. Further information about this and other
courses at the Department of Social Medicine can be found at
www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/shortc/htm. or from [log in to unmask]
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JP Dunton, Social Medicine
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For details of all the short courses, visit
www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/shortc.htm
Please note that if you cancel less than two weeks before the start of a
course, YOU WILL BE CHARGED THE FULL FEE. Those entitled to a free place
will be charged a penalty fee of £30
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