Evidence Synthesis Ireland (ESI), which hosts Cochrane Ireland, aims to make evidence syntheses more usable in every sense of the word – better designed, conducted and reported, more useable for decision-makers and more usable within health care policy and clinical practice decision making across the island of Ireland and beyond.
We provide education for researchers, clinicians, the public and policymakers who conduct or use evidence syntheses.
We build capacity in planning, doing and sharing evidence syntheses through Fellowships, workshops and scholarships.
We advance the way we plan, do and share the results of evidence synthesis by finding out how to do these steps better.
october 2024
This workshop will be held over four mornings and provides authors, actively involved in conducting a systematic review, with confidence to assess a wide range of data types. It offers
This workshop will be held over four mornings and provides authors, actively involved in conducting a systematic review, with confidence to assess a wide range of data types. It offers an insight into more complex methods of meta-analysis. This workshop also includes an overview on how to produce a summary of findings table for use in your review.
Date: 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th October 2024
Time: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Places: 20 places available for individuals who are resident on the island of Ireland
Fee: €150 General & €80 Student
Target audience
Healthcare professionals, academics, researchers, decision makers and Evidence Synthesis Ireland fellows who are actively involved in performing a systematic review.
Prerequisites
Participants should at least have completed their review protocol, developed and conducted their search strategy and begun data extraction and analysis.
Background
Health care policy and practice decisions should be based on a synthesis of the global body of evidence rather than relying on individual studies. Cochrane Ireland and Evidence Synthesis Ireland promote evidence based healthcare policy and practice by supporting high quality, relevant systematic reviews and other synthesised research evidence.
Aim
This workshop provides authors, actively involved in conducting a systematic review, with confidence to assess a wide range of data types. It offers an insight into more complex methods of meta-analysis.
Learning outcomes
In this course participants will be enabled to:
Teaching strategies
This course consists of online workshops with of a mixture of short presentations, small group activities and practical demonstrations using Cochrane software (RevMan 5.4.1). In addition, participants will have access to Cochrane Interactive Learning modules and will be required to complete a set of modules prior to workshops. Access to the Cochrane Interactive Learning modules will be made available for4 weeks before and 4 weeks after the workshop and will be free of charge thanks to the support of Cochrane Training.
Facilitators
Prof. Valerie Smith, Professor of Midwifery, University College Dublin
Dr Nuala Livingstone, Senior Quality Assurance Editor, Cochrane Editorial & Methods Department
Course content
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7 (Monday) 10:00 am - 15 (Tuesday) 1:00 pm
ONLINE
To register, click here PRO EDI is an initiative led by Trial Forge, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and the Campbell Collaboration to try and make it easier
To register, click here
PRO EDI is an initiative led by Trial Forge, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and the Campbell Collaboration to try and make it easier for those doing systematic reviews, especially ones including randomised trials, to explicitly consider equity, diversity and inclusion in their reviews. The initiative benefits from an international advisory group to help us make PRO EDI relevant to all reviews, wherever the reviewers may be based in the world, and whatever the topic of the review. In this webinar the development of the PRO EDI tool will be described and the tool itself introduced.
Speakers:
Prof. Shaun Treweek is a health services researcher interested in efficient trial design, particularly around inclusive recruitment and retention and the effective presentation of research evidence. He led the development of the NIHR INCLUDE Ethnicity Framework, a tool to help trialists design inclusive trials, PRO EDI, a tool to help systematic reviewers consider equity in their reviews, and PRECIS-2, a tool to match trial design decisions to what the users of the results need. He leads an initiative called Trial Forge (http://www.trialforge.org) that aims to be more systematic about how we identify, generate and use research evidence in making trial design, conduct, analysis and reporting decisions. Finally, Shaun is an Editor-in-Chief of the journal Trials.
Clarinda Cerejo is a EUPATI-certified Patient Expert and a Stanford-certified Design Thinker. She serves as an India Ambassador for The Sumaira Foundation, a Board Member of the Global Patient Advocacy Coalition, and a Management Committee of the Rare Disease Research Network. She consults various organizations, including the World Health Organization, on patient/stakeholder outreach and engagement. As a Patient Contributor to the Pro-EDI project, Clarinda draws on her lived experience with a rare disease and various comorbidities, her professional background in science communication, and her geographic vantage point living in India to offer a well-rounded perspective. She cares deeply about patient engagement and co-hosts the podcast “Not Just Patients,” through which she aims to amplify the patient voice and break barriers to meaningful patient involvement in healthcare. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarinda-cerejo/
Ioanna Gkertso is a medical student entering her fourth year at King’s College London. She recently completed an intercalated BSc degree in Primary Care and Basic Medical Science, graduating with first-class honors. Throughout her academic journey, Ioanna has shown a strong commitment to both her studies and community. She received a King’s Mentoring Award in recognition of her efforts as a mentor. Over the years, she has devoted her time to guiding aspiring medical students, working with various charities to increase access to medical education. Her passion for medical research is evident through her involvement with the Aortic Dissection Charity, where she serves on the Research Advisory Board. Looking ahead, Ioanna aims to integrate her interests in primary care and medical research, aspiring to make a significant impact on patient care and medical education.
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(Thursday) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
ONLINE
This is a patient-led in-person workshop aimed at anyone interested in engaging with minority groups in health research. That includes healthcare professionals/clinicians, researchers, students, PPI contributors, and community members/leaders. This 3-hour
This is a patient-led in-person workshop aimed at anyone interested in engaging with minority groups in health research. That includes healthcare professionals/clinicians, researchers, students, PPI contributors, and community members/leaders.
This 3-hour interactive workshop will highlight the critical importance of involving, engaging and empowering diverse communities to participate in health research. It will be delivered through practical and interactive activities to engage participants in active learning and discussions.
Charlene Young is a nominated and award-winning patient advocate. She became involved in health research due to her lived experience as a cancer patient. Over the years her experience in PPI groups has led her to identify a lack of diversity in these groups, particularly those of ethnic minority backgrounds. She discovered and utilised tools to educate others and encourage all communities to take part in health research.
Please register your interest in the link. We will let you know whether you have a place in this workshop closer to the date.
Workshop in conjunction with PPI Ignite Network at the University of Galway and Evidence Synthesis Ireland.
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(Tuesday) 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Irish Standard Time
ILAS Building, University of Galway
november 2024
This workshop will be held over four mornings and provides authors, at the beginning of the systematic review process, with an in-depth understanding of how reviews are planned and conducted.
This workshop will be held over four mornings and provides authors, at the beginning of the systematic review process, with an in-depth understanding of how reviews are planned and conducted. It offers an insight to the development of a protocol, introducing participants to methodology, search methods, data extraction, risk of bias assessment and meta-analysis.
Date: 4th, 5th, 11th & 12th November 2024
Time: 10.00 am – 1.00/1:30 pm
Places: 30 available for individuals who are resident on the island of Ireland
Fee: General €150; Student €80
Skill level: Introductory
Target Audience: Healthcare professionals, academics, researchers, decision makers and Evidence Synthesis Ireland fellows who have identified a review topic and are ready to begin working on their protocol.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of health research. Interested in learning more on the methods of a systematic review.
Teaching strategies: The workshop will consist of a mixture of short presentations, led by members of the Cochrane Ireland & ESI teaching faculty covering each of the stages of developing a systematic review protocol, small group activities and plenary discussions, providing participants with the opportunity to develop and refine their protocol. This course will include blended learning with two months free access to Cochrane Interactive Learning self-directed modules, a number of which will be required study prior to the workshop.
Facilitators
Prof. Anne Matthews, Full Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy & Community Health, Dublin City University
Ciara Gleeson, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Respiratory Assessment Unit, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin
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4 (Monday) 10:00 am - 12 (Tuesday) 1:00 pm
ONLINE
To register, click here The field of climate and health is situated at a sweet spot between two complementary evidence synthesis traditions. The health community has
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The field of climate and health is situated at a sweet spot between two complementary evidence synthesis traditions. The health community has been invaluable in developing systematic review methodologies for understanding interventions. The climate community has developed an intermodal comparison toolkit for evaluating alternative policy futures. In this talk I will discuss how the field of climate and health can be instrumental in advancing evidence synthesis to the next level. Driven by an evidence base that is shaped very differently than in health, there is a requirement to adjust and expand the traditional evidence synthesis toolkit. Mutual learning between the climate and health communities could be an important driver and accelerator for innovation. The second half of the talk will be devoted to outlining the research frontiers of artificial intelligence in making evidence synthesis faster and cheaper without jeopardizing methodological rigor.
Speaker:
Dr. Jan Minx is head of the working group Applied Sustainability Science at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change. He works on a broad range of topics in climate policy such as climate and health pathways to climate neutrality, trade-offs and co-benefits of climate policies, or urban climate change mitigation and adaptation options. Methodologically, main focus of his work is on evidence synthesis: one part explores how artificial intelligence can be used to scale evidence synthesis methods to large bodies of evidence and apply them in science assessments; another part is working on the development of new evidence synthesis methods to advance scientific policy advice in the field of climate. Jan is Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration’s Climate Solutions Coordinating Group and has been a longstanding author in assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as well as the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.
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(Thursday) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
ONLINE
The innovative ESI Fellowships give Fellows the opportunity to learn about evidence synthesis, with hands-on experience of how to plan, design, conduct and report an evidence synthesis. Fellows are placed virtually with world-class evidence synthesis centres and review teams in Ireland and internationally, on policy and practice relevant reviews.
We’re committed to improving how we gather, interpret, and share vast amounts of information, a process known as evidence synthesis. Our approach isn’t just about conducting research; it’s about improving the very methods we use to plan, conduct, and share the results of this process.
We work in many different research areas relevant to evidence synthesis and have a particularly strong focus on rapid reviews, knowledge translation and “studies within a review” (SWARs).
“ Reporting on health care topics can rely too much on asking experts or reporting the results of a single study…what would be much more useful to members of the public, especially when it comes to making decisions about their own health, is for people to understand how to situate health claims in the global body of evidence. “