Training and Webinars

Overview

Join us to learn:

• What’s in the Cochrane Library?
• What’s new in the Cochrane Library?
• How to run searches and browse content
• How to set up alerts
• Where to find help

Presenter

Ale Barciela, Customer Experience Training Manager, Wiley.

Biography

Ale Barciela has over 10 years of experience with Wiley working in different roles in editorial, marketing, product development, and customer success. As a Training Manager, Ale works with institutions, universities, corporations and consortia globally making sure that users and administrators are equipped to make the most out of Wiley’s products and content. She is passionate about learning technology and education

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Evidence and gap maps (EGMs) are an innovative way to visualise the evidence and gaps in the evidence base relating to a defined topic area or broad question. They are powerful tools to support decision making in research and commissioning. In this workshop you will be guided by experts to learn about EGMs; what they are and are not, where to find them, how to use them and how to build your own. This workshop is suitable for a range of evidence users and no prior knowledge is required. It is also not limited to a specific topic so we encourage participants to join us from any discipline or background.

Date: 4th & 5th May 2021

Time: 10am – 12:30pm

Places: 30 available for individuals who are resident in Ireland & Northern Ireland

Skill level: Introductory

Target Audience: Health and social care professionals, academics, researchers, PhD students, policy makers, decision makers, Campbell or Cochrane review authors and Evidence Synthesis Ireland fellows.

Teaching strategies: 

The workshop will consist of a mixture of short presentations, individual and group exercises, discussions and demonstrations. The expert facilitators will encourage questions and interaction throughout to get the most out of live participation.

Facilitators:

Dr Jennifer Hanratty is a research professional with ten years’ experience in evaluation and evidence synthesis with published systematic reviews and evidence and gap maps for WHO, Campbell, Cochrane and NIHR Health Technology Assessment amongst others. Jennifer has a PhD in psychology and an enduring interest in children’s emotional health and wellbeing and the impact of childhood maltreatment and trauma. Jennifer is Editor for the Education Coordinating Group and recently joined the Centre for Effective Services, an all-Ireland organisation working to support the use of evidence to improve services

Dr Ciara Keenan is a Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast with an established international reputation in evidence synthesis methodology. Systematic review projects have demonstrated her expertise in the intersections of health, social welfare, disability, and education. Ciara is most committed to capacity building in evidence synthesis which has led to her work as Founder and Editor of the meta-evidence blog and twitter’s @evidencerobot and @COVID_Evidence. Ciara is currently Co-Convenor of the Campbell Collaboration’s Information Scientist Network, a Methods Editor and Information Retrieval specialist for Campbell’s Education Coordinating Group (ECG).

Dr Melissa Bond is an EPPI-Reviewer Support Officer at University College London. Prior to this, she worked as a Research Associate as part of the ActiveLearn project at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, from 2017-2020. She successfully defended her PhD in July 2020, with the focus ‘Facilitating student engagement through educational technology in K-12’, supervised by Prof. Dr. Olaf Zawacki-Richter, receiving a Magna cum Laude. .Melissa is a peer reviewer for many top journals, including Educational Research Review, Computers & Education, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, British Journal of Educational Technology, Distance Education, eLeed Journal and the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Dr Andrew Booth, Reader at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, has been a systematic review methodologist for over 25 years. He specializes in qualitative, mixed methods, realist and rapid reviews. Andrew has conducted published international QES in maternal care topics such as postnatal depression and attitudes to facility-based delivery. Andrew is a co-developer of Best Fit Framework Synthesis, one of the widely used methods of qualitative evidence synthesis. He is a technical consultant to the WHO Health Evidence Network evidence reviews. Andrew has been a co-convenor of the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG) for over fifteen years and is a member of the GRADE-CERQual core development team. He has co-authored the Cochrane Handbook chapter on Qualitative Evidence. Together with colleagues in ScHARR he has been running an annual course on qualitative synthesis for over a decade.

Thematic synthesis and Framework synthesis are the two most common and recommended methods of synthesis, featuring in guidance from both Campbell and Cochrane collaborations. Both derive familiarity from their origins as methods of analysis for primary research studies. Use of the two methods in synthesis extends for over a decade during which time the evidence synthesis community has built up a significant body of knowhow on when these methods work and when they don’t work so well. Nevertheless, even experienced proponents of QES are known to confess to falling at the first hurdle in terms of deciding whether a field is well theorized or not. This session seeks to offer practical advice illustrated with plentiful examples. It will include advice on moving on to consider meta-ethnography if the data allow.

Register to attend this webinar: https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_02qbiVHuT_yXLX_RtlK8qw

*This workshop is for healthcare practitioners currently and exclusively engaged in delivering clinical care in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

The aim of the workshop is to give confidence to read and interpret research evidence, such that one is equipped to use evidence in decision-making. The main focus of the workshop is the use and critical appraisal of systematic reviews to support in decision-making.

Date: 24th May 2021

Time: 1.30 – 5.00 pm

Target Audiences and Places: 30 places available for healthcare practitioners currently and exclusively engaged in delivering clinical care in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

As places are limited and free, please only register if you are confident that you can attend. We will operate a wait-list. Those currently engaged in research only or with a joint post are not eligible; but please email expressions of interest in a future workshop to esi@nuigalway.ie

Skill level: Introductory

Teaching strategies: This workshop will take place online. Participants will be sent pre-reading of a published paper to complete before the start of the session. This event is accredited for 3.0 CPD points (external, RCSI).

Facilitator: Erica Ison is the lead for the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme at the Oxford Centre for Triple Value Healthcare. She is an experienced trainer/facilitator in a range of fields and has worked with a variety of people from health and care professionals and third sector personnel to politicians, students and members of the public.

This workshop  will be held over two days and provides an opportunity for those who undertake their own searches for evidence syntheses, and those how work with librarians/information specialists on the study identification, to learn more about the process of searching for studies for evidence syntheses.  It addresses many of the key aspects of searching for evidence syntheses, in particular how this differs from searching for routine clinical practice/everyday questions.

Date: 1st & 2nd June 2021

Time: 10.00 am – 3.00 pm

Places: 25 available for individuals who are resident in  Ireland & Northern Ireland

Skill level: Introductory

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals, academics, researchers, decision makers, librarians, information specialists, and Evidence Synthesis Ireland fellows and teaching faculty who would like to learn more about the process of searching for studies for systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses.

Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of searching databases such as MEDLINE/ PubMed; An interest in improving their own search skills and/or understanding better how to work more effectively with their librarian/information specialist to identify studies for evidence syntheses

Teaching strategies

The workshop will consist of a mixture of short presentations, small group and plenary discussions, together with practical exercises.

Facilitators

Ms Carol Lefebvre

This workshop provides a definition of scoping reviews, describes when a scoping review is appropriate, as well describes as how they are conducted and reported.  The workshop will provide participants with the fundamentals of scoping reviews regarding their conduct and reporting.

Date: 8th June 2021

Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Places: 30 available for individuals who are resident in Ireland & Northern Ireland

Skill level: Introductory

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals, academics, researchers, PhD students, decision makers and Evidence Synthesis Ireland fellows.

Teaching strategies:  This course will be interactive and consist of a short presentations and small group activity.

Facilitator: Dr. Andrea C. Tricco, Director & Scientist, Knowledge Synthesis Team, Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto.

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 structured. It offers an insight into the development of a protocol, introducing participants to methodology, search methods, data extraction and meta-analysis. This workshop also includes an introduction to RevMan software and its use during protocol development.

Date: 9th, 10th, 16th & 17th September 2021

Time: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Places: 30 available for individuals who are resident on the island of Ireland

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: Have a basic knowledge of health research. Are interested in learning more on the methodology of a review. Participants are requested to install the RevMan software and bring their laptop to the workshop.

Teaching strategies

The workshop will consist of a mixture of short presentations, led by members of the Cochrane Ireland 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.

Facilitators

Prof Anne Matthews, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University.

Prof Veronica Lambert, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University.

*This workshop is for healthcare practitioners currently and exclusively engaged in delivering clinical care in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

The aim of the workshop is to give confidence to read and interpret research evidence, such that one is equipped to use evidence in decision-making. The main focus of the workshop is the use and critical appraisal of systematic reviews to support in decision-making.

Date: 21st September 2021

Time: 10.00-13.30

Target Audiences and Places: 30 places available for healthcare practitioners currently and exclusively engaged in delivering clinical care in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

As places are limited and free, please only register if you are confident that you can attend. We will operate a wait-list. Those currently engaged in research only or with a joint post are not eligible; but please email expressions of interest in a future workshop to esi@nuigalway.ie

Skill level: Introductory

Teaching strategies: This workshop will take place online. Participants will be sent pre-reading of a published paper to complete before the start of the session. This event is accredited for 3.0 CPD points (external, RCSI).

Facilitator: Erica Ison is the lead for the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme at the Oxford Centre for Triple Value Healthcare. She is an experienced trainer/facilitator in a range of fields and has worked with a variety of people from health and care professionals and third sector personnel to politicians, students and members of the public.

Overview

Join us to learn:

• How to run advance searches
• How to use the Search Manager
• New PICO search
• How to use MeSH

Presenters

Ale Barciela, Customer Experience Training Manager, Wiley.

Ale Barciela has over 10 years of experience with Wiley working in different roles in editorial, marketing, product development, and customer success. As a Training Manager, Ale works with institutions, universities, corporations and consortia globally making sure that users and administrators are equipped to make the most out of Wiley’s products and content. She is passionate about learning technology and education

Colleen Finley, Product Manager, Wiley.

With over 34 years of experience in publishing, Colleen has an extensive background in product management for digital platforms, with emphasis on database creation and search. As a Product Manager for Wiley Online Library and Cochrane Library search, she evaluates user needs and creates requirements for new features. Prior to joining Wiley, Colleen worked at Elsevier as Online Product manager for Embase.

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