MPH2039

Meta analysis

Associate Professor M Abramson

2 hours per week over 14 weeks

Synopsis The purpose of this subject is to expose students to the strengths and weaknesses of literature reviews and to teach a systematic approach to summarising the available evidence on clinical topics. It aims to develop skills in the critical appraisal of literature reviews; problem formulation and protocol development; intra-rater agreement for assessment of relevance; validity assessments; data collection forms; variation between study findings, combining the findings of independent studies, inferences based upon overviews; statistics of meta analysis.

Assessment A meta analysis project of publishable standard.

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