Introduction to GRADE Workshop (Online)

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This two half-days (3 hours each) workshop introduces participants to the comprehensive GRADE methodology of assessing the certainty of evidence. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises, participants will learn to assess the certainty of evidence by evaluating key domains, including methodological limitations, inconsistency, indirectness, imprecision, and publication bias. The workshop also covers evidence upgrading criteria and provides a practical demonstration of using the GRADEpro software.

In this course, participants will be enabled to:

• Understand the basic principles of the GRADE approach and understand the individual steps in the assessment of the evidence and their impact on the strength of the recommendation
• Be able to create an evidence profile for a therapeutic intervention based on a systematic review
• Have a basic understanding of the GRADEpro GDT Software

The workshop combines interactive lectures with hands-on small–group exercises using Zoom breakout rooms and a demonstration of the GRADEpro GDT software. Evidence assessment domains are taught through a presentation followed by a practical exercise. Participants should go through the selected GRADE guidance papers provided in advance. 

Dates: 10th & 12th June 2026

Time: 10:00 – 13:00

Places: 25

Location: Online

Prices: General €100; Student €50

Prerequisites: Attendees should have knowledge in conducting and/or using systematic reviews as well as the basic principles of evidence-based healthcare, and the critical appraisal of research studies, especially RCTs

Skill Level: Introductory

Target Audience: Systematic review authors, guideline developers, health and social care professionals, academics, researchers, postgraduate students, decision makers, Evidence Synthesis Ireland Fellows and other professionals 

Facilitators:

Dr KM Saif-Ur-Rahman, Director of GRADE Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Methods Lead @ Evidence Synthesis Ireland

Prof. Declan Devane, Director of Evidence Synthesis Ireland & Cochrane Ireland, Professor of Health Research Methodology, University of Galway