2nd Masterclass on Systematic Reviews in Cancer Care, Guidelines and Research

Chairs: M. Clarke, UK - P. Johnston, UK


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
This 5-day course will take participants through the key steps in preparing a systematic review of research in cancer that they can use to make decisions about treatment, guidelines or the design of new research. Each participant will bring a topic for a systematic review to the Masterclass, and this will form the basis of the problem-based learning approach that will be used throughout the course.

Each day of the Masterclass will include one or two formal lectures from experts in the relevant topic area, as well as group discussions relating to that topic area, drawing on the knowledge of the expert. The group discussions will be a mixture of whole-group work, and smaller discussions in which participants will be divided into small parallel groups to tackle specific issues relating to their review questions. These small groups will be facilitated by experienced systematic reviewers from the Faculty, and will conclude with a plenary session in which one member of each small group will provide feedback on specific issues that were discussed about the reviews in their group.


TEACHING FORMAT
Participants will bring a topic of their choosing to the Masterclass, and these topics will form the basis of the problem-based approach to learning that will be used throughout the course.  The course will be divided into eight sessions covering different aspects of the systematic review process. Each day will include one or two formal lectures from experts, as well as group discussions that draw on the knowledge of the expert. The group discussions will be a mixture of whole-group work and small-group work, in which participants will be divided into parallel groups to tackle specific issues relating to their review questions. These groups will be facilitated by experienced systematic reviewers from the Faculty, and will conclude with feedback presented by one member of each group.
Participants will be provided with a bibliography containing up to three key readings for each session. The Masterclass will be run entirely in English, and fluency is necessary for admission.


THE MASTERCLASS IS:
• A 5-day residential educational event
• Full immersion
• Clinically oriented
• Multidisciplinary


LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The Masterclass will help participants to strengthen the design of the review they are interested in and learn generic skills that they can apply to other systematic reviews. These skills will include the following key features for any systematic review:

• Formulation of the question
• Choice of inclusion and exclusion criteria, and selection of outcomes
• Development and implementation of a search strategy
• Application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and appraisal of quality and risk of bias in potentially eligible studies
• Data extraction
• Planning and conduct of meta-analyses, including subgroup and sensitivity analyses
• Exploration of heterogeneity
• Drawing conclusions and discussing implications for practice and research


MAIN TOPICS
• Question formulation for systematic reviews
• Eligibility criteria and outcome selection
• Search strategy
• Study quality and risk of bias
• Statistical analyses and heteorgeneity
• Implications for practice and research

In collaboration with:
Queen's University Belfast
The Cochrane Collaboration
Cochrane Methodology Reviews

ORGANISING SECRETARIAT    
European School of Oncology
Via Turati, 29
20121 Milan, Italy
Fax: +39 02 85464545
www.eso.net

Programme and Organisation
Francesca Marangoni
E-mail: fmarangoni@eso.net
Ph: +39 02 85464525+39 02 85464525

Applications
Elena Fiore
E-mail: efiore@eso.net
Ph: +39 02 85464529+39 02 85464529


ACCREDITATION
The event has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). The evaluation of the event has been performed by the Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe (ACOE) that acknowledged the quality of the scientific programme and its educational value.
The event is designated for a maximum of 24 European CME credits (ECMEC).
Through an agreement between UEMS and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.


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FACULTY
F. Alderdice, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
C. Cardwell, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
M. Clarke, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
E. Gargon,  University of Liverpool, UK
S. Hopewell, University of Oxford, UK
P. Johnston, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
M. Lodge, International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, Oxford, UK
L. Murray, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
S. Nolan, University of Liverpool, UK

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