London Systematic Reviews and Research Use Seminars
These seminars aim to encourage discussion and information-sharing for those in the London area (though visitors welcome too) on methods issues in systematic reviews and the study of evidence use. Presentations will last for about 25-30 minutes to allow time for discussion.
Location
UCL Institute of Education, Room G16, 9-11 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0ED, unless otherwise stated. There will be someone on the door to check names from 12.15pm to 12.30pm.
Schedule
12.30pm to 13.45pm on some 3rd Tuesdays of the month (see current list of seminars below).
Contact ioe.SSRUAdmin@ucl.ac.uk to be added or removed from the mailing list.
2017
Cochrane PICO: Using linked data technologies for evidence curation
Date: Wednesday 12 July
Speaker: Chris Mavergames, Cochrane Information and Knowledge Management Department
Location: Room 828, 20 Bedford Way, UCL Institute of Education, London WC1H 0NR
The process of evidence synthesis in health care is cumbersome and rife with duplication of effort. From study identification through to data extraction, analysis, and publication/dissemination, use in guidelines and downstream products and decision-making, it is difficult for both researchers and systematic reviews, as well as the stakeholders they serve, to find and re-use data. Cochrane, the world’s leader in systematic review methods and production, has developed a framework and tools for better curation of evidence using linked data technologies, paired with machine learning and crowdsourcing, and smart tools for evidence synthesis, to move these efforts forward. Come to this seminar to find out more.
Title to be announced
Date: Tuesday 19 September
Speaker: Gavin Stewart, University of Newcastle
Improving the conduct and reporting of narrative synthesis of quantitative data
Date: Tuesday 21 November
Speaker: Hilary Thompson, University of Glasgow
Preferences for evidence when introducing and diffusing innovations in health care: a discrete choice experiment
Date: Tuesday 19 December
Speaker: Steve Morris, UCL
There will be no London seminar in August 2017 (main holiday period).