2025 Systematic Review Workshop (online)
The Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network (AusCP-CTN) is conducting a 9-week interactive workshop that provides attendees comprehensive training and practical experience in conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy of treatment, a clinimetric review of measures, and/or a review of diagnostic criteria for a clinical area. Meta-analysis and GRADE methods will be included in the training for a transparent approach to rating the certainty of evidence and developing healthcare recommendations.
Systematic Review Workshop details
Join the highly interactive systematic review online workshop via Zoom.
- 9-week program
- Friday, 7 February 2025 - Friday, 4 April 2025
- Fridays 8.30am - 12.30pm
- Includes GRADE analysis full-day workshop on 28 March 2024
- $1,000AUD including GST (tax deductable)
- $400 for students (HDR included), or, if you reside in a low income country. Apply for the discount.
Please note: For workshop effectiveness, please ensure you have access to your local library for a range of literature databases for your research/review topic.
Limited spaces available, register to the Systematic Review Workshop today.
GRADE Analysis Workshop (ONLY):
You can select to complete the GRADE Analysis Workshop only. In this full-day workshop you will receive comprehensive training in the GRADE approach. The GRADE approach is a systematic approach to rating the certainty of evidence in systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses.
- 8:30AM-4:00PM Australian Eastern Standard Time
- Friday, 28 March 2024
- $400AUD including GST (tax deductable)
There are limited spaces available, register today to avoid missing out.
2025 Schedule:
| Week | Course |
| 7 Feb - Week 1: | Introduction; Framing your question; PubMed, Cochrane |
| 14 Feb - Week 2: | Confirming Review question/aims, Endnote, Measuring Quality for Reporting |
| 21 Feb - Week 3: | PEDro, Web of Science, Database search (PROSPERO, PRISMA, CINAHL, EMBASE) |
| 28 Feb - Week 4 | Assessing Clinimetric Properties of Measures (COSMIN II) |
| 7 Mar - Week 5: | Biostatistics pt. 1 (measures of reproducibility) |
| 14 Mar - Week 6: | Biostatistics pt. 2 (RCTs, statistical inference, continuous outcomes & binary outcomes) |
| 21 Mar - Week 7: | Meta analysis |
| 28 Mar - Week 8: | GRADE Analysis (one-day workshop) |
| 4 April - Week 9: | Clinical Practice Guidelines; Getting published |
Workshop Presenters:
The Systematic Review Workshop is led by industry experts who will step you through your systematic review, including:
- Professor Roslyn Boyd – Scientific Director QCPRRC, Faculty of Medicine, UQ
- Dr Sue Brennan – Cochrane Australia, Monash University
- Professor Robert Ware – Biostatistician, Clinical epidemiologist, Griffith University
- Dr Leanne Sakzewski - Senior Lecturer, Deputy-Director QCPRRC, Faculty of Medicine, UQ
- Mr David Honeyman - Librarian, The University of Queensland
- Dr Andrea Burgess – Research Fellow and Occupational Therapist, QCPRRC, Faculty of Medicine, UQ