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Monday, January 15, 2018

A CALL FOR WORKSHOP ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSIS


SUPPORTED BY ITOCA, CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY; MUHAS LIBRARY

MAIN OBJECTIVE
The main objective of this workshop is to equip participants with necessary hands-on skills to conduct systematic review and Meta analysis

DATE AND VENUE
v  5th to 9th FEB. 2018
v  MUHAS, Library Computer lab,
v  Time: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Ø  Systematic Reviews process, related methods and protocol development
Ø  Identifying databases and sources of grey literature
Ø  Tools and resources for accessing the full text of articles
Ø  Developing complex and comprehensive search in Pub med
Ø  Covidence for managing the systematic review process
Ø  Quality assessment, risk of bias and meta-analysis for systematic reviews

ATTENDANCE
Attendance is free for MUHAS staff and students. Participants from outside MUHAS will have to pay Tshs 350,000/= as participation fees.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
v  Academic staff of all schools at MUHAS. (Junior faculties are highly encouraged attend)
v  MUHAS MSc by research & Doctoral students
FACILITATORS
The workshop will be facilitated by experienced facilitators from
Ø  MUHAS,
Ø  Information Training and outreach Canter for Africa (ITOCA), South Africa
Ø  Carnegie  Mellon University, USA and
Ø  Cornel University in USA
Please confirm your participation before 3 Feb. 2018

CONTACTS:
For further information and confirmation of your participation please contact the following:
1.      Mr. Deodatus Sabas___0713 701019
2.      Ms. Mariam Hashim___0653596815
Email: libary@muhas.ac.tz