Schedule

SKI3010 Evidence Synthesis 1: Study Designs in Systematic Reviewing

Note

Dates follow the UM academic calendar 2026-2027. Times and rooms are in the UM timetable.

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Week	Date	Lecture	Tutorial	Assignments	Homework
1	Wed 27 Jan	Course overview Systematic literature reviews Observational study designs Risk of bias and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) Data extraction: study characteristics Example primary paper	Introduction: systematic review and research topic Search and find relevant papers (different databases) Choose your partner		Read the 6 primary studies and make a PRISMA flow chart Read: Chapter 11, Textbook of Epidemiology Install: Zotero
2	Wed 3 Feb	Data extraction: measures of frequency and association	Quiz 1: Systematic literature reviews and observational study designs Study characteristics and risk of bias	A1a: Study characteristics and risk of bias of all primary papers (spreadsheet) (DL Tue 16 Feb, 11:59) A1b: 1st draft: outline, introduction, methods, results incl. robvis plot (DL Tue 16 Feb, 11:59)	Read: Chapter 4.3, Textbook of Epidemiology Read: risk of bias tools (NOS) and the PRISMA 2020 statement
	Wed 10 Feb	Carnival: no education
3	Wed 17 Feb	Introduction: meta-analysis Meta-analysis by hand	Quiz 2: Measures of frequency and association Quantitative data extraction	A2a: Quantitative data extraction of all primary papers (DL Tue 23 Feb, 11:59) A2b: 2nd draft: introduction, methods, results (DL Tue 23 Feb, 11:59)
4	Wed 24 Feb	Introduction: JASP	Quiz 3: Meta-analysis: introduction and meta-analysis by hand Meta-analysis by hand	A3: 3rd draft: introduction, methods, results (DL Tue 2 Mar, 11:59)	Install: JASP
5	Wed 3 Mar	Optional: Q&A	Quiz 4: Meta-analysis in JASP Meta-analysis in JASP	A4a: Meta-analysis in JASP (DL Tue 9 Mar, 11:59) A4b: 4th draft: introduction, methods, results, discussion (DL Tue 9 Mar, 11:59)	Read: risk of bias tools for systematic reviews and the PRISMA 2020 checklist
6	Wed 10 Mar	Optional: Q&A	Peer review Course evaluation (written)	A5: Individual peer review (DL Tue 16 Mar, 11:59)	Read: Chapters 3 and 4.3, Textbook of Epidemiology
7	15-19 Mar	Exam week		A6: Final paper, incorporating the peer review feedback (DL Fri 19 Mar, 23:59)	Install: R and RStudio (for SKI3011) Start thinking about your own research topic and group for SKI3011

Assessment

Component	Weight	Notes
Quizzes 1-4 (paper, in the tutorial)	20%	Best 3 of 4 count
A5 Individual peer review	15%	Individual
A6 Final paper	65%	Group of 1-3 students
A1-A4 Progress assignments	0%	Pass/fail