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Registration and Payment
COVID-19 Update: All course will be held remotely!
Course date: Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
Course time: 9:45am-12pm
Remote Registration:
Pre-recorded lectures will be provided ahead of the live session
Exercises and group discussion will be held over zoom on TBA
Remote registration fee - $400
To Register:
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
After you complete the registration form you will be prompted for payment via electronic fund transfer (Sinai applicants only) or credit card. Payment must be completed to confirm registration.
Course Details
Summary:
This course will consist of a zoom webinar where ITE faculty and staff will present lectures on the fundamentals of conducting a meta-analysis, including establishing eligibility criteria, performing a literature review, abstracting data, and pooled statistical analysis. Students will also have the opportunity to sign up for individual consultation with the course directors about their specific projects.
Where: Courses will be held over zoom.
When: Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
Course Format: Lectures are pre-recorded and hands-on exercises and group discussion will take place during a live zoom webinar.
No prior experience with meta-analysis is needed!
Objectives & Goals:
- Guidance on systematic literature reviews in PubMed
- Instruction on inclusion/ exclusion criteria and overall article quality review
- Basics of article information abstraction and meta-analyses table 1 creation
- A review of the statistical concepts underlying meta-analytic methods
- An introduction to the coding necessary to perform meta analyses in R
- A deeper understanding of benefits and challenges of conducting a meta-analysis
Topics Covered:
- Overview of meta-analysis
- How to perform a systematic literature reveiw for a research question
- Meta-analysis study selection and article quality review
- Introduction to meta-analysis statistical analysis
For an additional cost students can sign up for an individual consultation for their own meta-analysis with an ITE staff member
Additional services include:
- Meta-analysis inclusion and exclusion criteria/ abstract review
- Article quality review
- Data abstraction/ Table 1 development
- Making forrest and funnel plots
Course Faculty
The faculty of the Institute for Translational Epidemiology (ITE) of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) includes distinguished members from throughout the Icahn School of Medicine.
Teaching Assistants:
- Tara Ivic-Pavlicic, MPH
- Matthew Untalan, MPH
- Angelo Zegarelli, BS
- Wiley Turner, BA
Frequently Asked Questions
COVID-19 Update
Q: What are the course materials?
A: Electronic copies of course materials will be provided to attendees prior to the beginning of the course
Q: What occurs during the live session?
A: Live lectures, hands-on exercises, as well as group discussion and questions/answer sessions will occur.
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