Postgraduate Course: Systematic Reviews (PUHR11069)
Course Outline
School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This course will introduce students to basic principles and practice of systematic review methods. As well as offering practical experience of each stage of typical systematic review methods, the course will provide context and rationale for systematic reviews and how they impact on health care decision-making and public health policy. |
Course description |
Systematic reviews aim to identify, evaluate and summarise the findings of all relevant individual studies, thereby making the available evidence more accessible for decision making. As well as setting out what we know about a particular topic, systematic reviews can also demonstrate where knowledge is lacking. This can then be used to guide future research.
This five-week, 10-credit course will provide you with the opportunity to develop your critical understanding of why, when and how to carry out systematic reviews in public health contexts, apply the skills to your own practice, and communicate findings to a variety of audiences. The course is designed round group-based and structured weekly activities that will take you through the core steps involved in the systematic review process.
This course will strengthen your literature searching skills which will help you to define the focus of your research. Regardless of whether you are going on to do a dissertation, this course will enable you to become a more independent and skilled consumer of research evidence.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Flexible |
Course Start Date |
09/08/2021 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 5,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1,
Online Activities 35,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5,
Formative Assessment Hours 5,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
46 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework. «br /»
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Feedback |
Not entered |
No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Critically understand the principles of systematic reviewing
- Plan your own systematic review
- Communicate systematic review findings, using appropriate methods, to different stakeholders, for example the general public
- Recognise complexity in applying systematic review findings to your own practice
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Keywords | Systematic review,public health,protocol development,literature review,critical appraisal |
Contacts
Course organiser | Ms Marshall Dozier
Tel: (0131 6)50 3688
Email: Marshall.Dozier@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosemary Porteous
Tel: (0131 6)50 9835
Email: Rosemary.Porteous@ed.ac.uk |
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