21 - 24 Feb 2017 @ NUHS Tower Block

Evidence-Based Medicine & Nursing is the process of reviewing, evaluating and using clinical research evidence to improve patient care.  Join our international experts, such as world-renowned EBM Guru, Professor Gordon Guyatt of McMaster University, to learn more about the principles of EBM/EBN and to hone these skills for clinical practice or to teach EBM/EBN.

Basic Cochrane Systematic Review workshop (2 days)

The event was co-organized by  Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Advanced Cochrane Workshop on Network Meta-Analysis (NMA) (2 days)

The event was co-organized by  Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Basic Cochrane Workshop on Systematic Reviews (2 days)

The event was co-organized by NUHS

Cochrane Workshop on Systematic Reviews on Observational Studies (2 days)

The event was co-organized by NUHS

Cochrane Singapore and SCRI presented a two-day course on the systematic reviews of interventional studies and a two-day course on systematic reviews of observational studies. 

The two-day Basic Workshop provided essential guidance for the entire systematic review process, referring to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. It covered the topics of developing a focused question (PICO method) and effective literature search strategy, assessing the risk of bias of studies, conducting meta-analysis using Review Manager and understanding the results (e.g. forest and funnel plots) and heterogeneity. 

The two-day Advanced Workshop was a mixture of lectures and practical work. A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions typically include well-conducted randomised controlled trials (RCTs) however sometimes the lack of RCTs may prompt reviewers to include observational studies such as cohort and case-control studies. This two-day workshop provided ways how to conduct systematic reviews of observational studies. It covered the following key topics: searching the Cochrane Library, bias and confounding, assessing the risk of bias, conducting a meta-analysis, multiple regression analysis and a hands-on session on RevMan and R software.

Health Economic Evaluation Alongside Clinical Studies (2 days)

Guest speakers: Dr David Wu (MOH), Mr Mohamed Ismail Bin Abdul Aziz (MOH)

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (1 day)

The event was organized by DukeNUS