Beyond the Basics: A Practical Guide to Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses [St Lucia]
Are you familiar with systematic reviews and meta-analyses and considering conducting one of your own? This hands-on workshop is designed for you! In this workshop, we will begin by reviewing the differences between systematic reviews and meta-analyses, before guiding you step-by-step in using data management software for study screening. You’ll learn how to assess study quality, develop a coding legend, and perform data extraction techniques—all with applied practice using a sample dataset and practical tips and tricks along the way. At the end of the session, we’ll begin a discussion on effect sizes. Participants will leave with the skills needed to prepare a systematic review of their own and will be primed for our advanced session in late 2025 focused on understanding statistical methods for meta-analysis.
To join in on the in-class exercises we ask that you please set up a Covidence account prior to the session. Covidence is an online software product designed to improve the efficiency and experience of creating and maintaining reviews – and it is now free with a UQ username.
Go to the UQ Library Covidence page
Enter your name and email address (either @student.uq.edu.au or @uq.edu.au) and click the “Request Invitation” link
Accept the invitation in your email
Log in to your existing Covidence account or sign up for a new account
We will also provide a .xml file to upload to Covidence closer to the date.
You must attend at least 75% of the session otherwise you may be marked absent
About Writing skills
The ability to write well is critical to success in your research degree and a ‘top 10’ skill sought by employers. Learning the strategies for good writing will help you write efficiently. Knowing not only what to write, but how to write it for a particular audience, will help you communicate your research effectively.
Useful links
- UQ Academic Writing [online at UQ]
- Improving writing through corpora [online at UQ]
- Getting started with a literature review (Library)
- Getting started with a Systematic Review (Library)