MPH2039 - Meta analysis

Leader: A/Prof M Abramson

Offered

Alfred Hospital Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

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.

Objectives

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. critically appraise literature reviews;
2. perform a systematic overview.

Assessment

Project of publishable standard 100%

Contact hours

2 contact hours per week

Prerequisites

MPH1040 and MPH1041 or MPH1030 and MPH1031