142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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1009.0
Systematic reviews: Skills to develop literature searches, manage results and evaluate findings -- Fee: $300

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Saturday, November 15, 2014: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
LI Course
Oral
Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview: The purpose of this Institute is to train participants in the steps critical for the development of a systematic review allowing them to contribute to building the scientific basis of public health, employ best practices in the workplace, and utilize the evidence when creating or evaluating policies, interventions, or clinical trials. The course instructors are regularly asked to provide extensive assistance in developing systematic review searches and have found that
Session Objectives: Identify the steps of the systematic review/meta-analysis search process; Describe appropriate search methodologies to locate potentially eligible studies; Demonstrate the ability to write a methods section of a systematic review based on current guidelines.
Organizer:
Helena M. VonVille, MLS, MPH

9:00am
Welcome & Course Overview
9:15am
Systematic Reviews: History & Overview
Barbara Folb, MM, MLS, MPH
10:00am
Preparing to conduct systematic reviews
Joseph Nicholson, MLIS, MPH and Barbara Folb, MM, MLS, MPH
10:30am
Morning Break
10:45am
11:25am
Systematic search methodologies
Joseph Nicholson, MLIS, MPH
12:00pm
Lunch (On your own)
1:00pm
Systematic search methodologies Part 2
Joseph Nicholson, MLIS, MPH
1:50pm
Organizing Search Data for Methods Reporting
Helena M. VonVille, MLS, MPH
3:30pm
Afternoon Break
4:15pm
Resources, discussion, and final questions
Barbara Folb, MM, MLS, MPH
4:45pm
Concluding Remarks

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Organized by: APHA-Learning Institute (APHA-LI)

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)