March 2022 Institute
The Spring 2002 institute was held from March 22-25, 2022. The daily agendas with links to the slides are included on this page.
Day 1 Agenda for March 22, 2022
Time |
Topic |
| 11:00 | Welcome and Introductions (Google Slides)
Q&A on intro video Share survey to gather questions for day three recap |
| 11:30 | Exploring different review methodologies (Google Slides) |
| 12:00 | Break |
| 12:15 | Reproducibility, transparent methods, and pre-registration (Google Slides) |
| 12:45 | Evidence synthesis steps and librarians as co-investigators (Google Slides) |
| 1:00 | Lunch Break |
| 2:00 | Systematic review guidelines/checklists/reporting standards (Google Slides) |
| 2:30 | Introduction to protocols and protocol registration (Google Slides) |
| 3:00 | Break – Please fill out this quick survey in preparation for tomorrow: https://forms.gle/GMjhewHwoAX3eVmk8 |
| 3:15 | Debrief with your discipline cohort
Introductions What experience do you already have w/ systematic reviews? Have you ever registered a protocol? Have you ever worked on a PRISMA flow diagram or completed a PRISMA checklist? Do you find that your users are confused about the various review types? Disciplinary-wise, what protocol templates would be most useful for your scholars? What reporting guidelines are used in your discipline? What protocol registries exist? |
Day 2 Agenda for March 23, 2022
| Time (EDT) |
Topic |
| 11:00 | Formulating a research question (Google Slides) |
| 11:30 | Frameworks (e.g., PICO) and eligibility criteria (Google Slides) |
| 12:00 | Break |
| 12:15 | The reference interview: how to have a conversation with a review team |
| 1:00 | Lunch break |
| 2:00 | Selecting databases for evidence synthesis (Google Slides) |
| 2:15 | Search strategies (Google Slides) part 1:
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| 3:30 | Debrief with discipline cohorts
Reminder of search draft homework. |
Day 3 Agenda for March 24, 2022
Time |
Topic |
| 11:00 | Search strategies part 2 (video) |
| 1:00 | Lunch break |
| 2:00 | Grey literature (Google Slides) |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:00 | Writing the methods section and PRISMA Flow Diagrams (Google Slides) |
| 3:30 | Debrief with discipline cohorts
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Day 4 Agenda for March 25, 2022
Time |
Topic |
| 11:00 | Breakout Session 1 (choose 1):
Room 1: Database access in resource-limited settings (Gracian) Room 2: Starting a service (Megan) Room 3: Living Systematic Reviews (Amy) Room 4: Automation (i.e., using automation and machine learning methods in evidence synthesis) (Sarah) Room 5: Supporting and mentoring teams through screening, project management (Zahra) |
| 11:45 | Break |
| 12:00 | Breakout Session 2 (choose 1):
Room 1: Database access in resource-limited settings (Gracian) Room 2: Starting a service (Megan) Room 3: Living Systematic Reviews (Amy) Room 4: Performing an evidence synthesis search strategy and exporting a citation file live demo (Jim) Room 5: Supporting and mentoring teams through screening, project management (Zahra) |
| 12:45 | Lunch break |
| 2:00 | Breakout Session 3 (choose 1):
Room 1: Peer review of search strategies (PRESS etc.) (Scott) Room 2: Evidence Synthesis in Library Science (Amy) Room 3: Performing an evidence synthesis search strategy and exporting a citation file live demo (Jim) Room 4: Automation (i.e., using automation and machine learning methods in evidence synthesis) (Sarah) Room 5: Search filters and hedges: Finding and using validated search strings (Zahra) |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:00 | Q&A & Wrap Up |
