Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Practical Course in Systematic Review Technique in Clinical Research (SRT)
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3702-25-00-02	There are 11 available seats
	Enrollment deadline: 21/07/2025

Date and time	25.08.2025, at: 09:00 - 02.09.2025, at: 16:00
Regular seats	12
Course fee	6,360.00 kr.
Lecturers	Hanne Tønnesen
ECTS credits	2.70

Contact person	Rie Raffing E-mail address: tdm118@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list. The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee Learning objectives The student will obtain skills to: 1) Write a project description/protocol for a systematic review a) Formulate research questions to be answered by a systematic review (PICO) b) Develop and carry out the search strategy for the systematic review c) Sort the found articles according to titles and abstracts and develop a trial profile d) Assessment of quality in the individual study and across the body of evidence (GRADE) 2) Critically read and evaluate a systematic review 3) Identify the type of research method, participants, interventions and outcome measurements used in a scientific paper The student will obtain knowledge of: 1. Extraction and management of data 2. Statistical analyses (metaanalyses) 3. Heterogeneity 4. Subgroup/sensitivity analyses 5. Dissemination and implementation of results in clinical practice Content The Systematic Review has become an integrated part of all PhD thesis at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; either as a part of their introduction and discussion or as an individual paper. The objective of the course is therefore to give the participants skills regarding the planning and construction of a systematic review. The participants will be trained in reading and writing a systematic review, including presentation of methods and principles for establishment of a protocol, primarily according to Cochrane criteria, critical evaluation of the reviews, meta- and subgroup analysis. The participants will discuss the implementation of the conclusions derived from the systematic review in their clinical setting including patient perspective. Participants PhD students and other postgraduate researchers Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from all graduate programmes. Language Danish/English Form Workshops including lectures and problem-based learning during intensive supervision. The subjects will be based upon the hypothesis suggested by the participants. Course director Hanne Tønnesen, MD, DMSc, Head of Research and Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Services, Parker Instituttet, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals, hanne.tonnesen@regionh.dk; Rie Raffing, Cand.scient., WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Services, Parker Instituttet, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals, rie.raffing@regionh.dk Teachers Hanne Tønnesen, Professor, Head of Research and Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Services, Parker Instituttet, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals. Kåre Stahl Jacobsen, MD, Medical Specialist, A Medical. Susanne Lauridsen, Clinical Nurse Specialist, PhD, EAUN Chair, Parker Instituttet, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals. Line Noes Lydom, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Parker Instituttet, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals. Siv Fonnes, MD, Managing Editor, Cochrane Colorectal Group, Herlev Hospital. Robin Christensen, Professor of clinical epidemiology, Senior Researcher, Biostatistician and Head of the ‘Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit’ at the Parker Institute. Anna Døssing, MD, Rheumatology Resident, Glostrup Hospital. Jeanett Friis Rohde, Cand.Scient., Research unit for dietary studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals Fanney Þorsteinsdóttir, Cand.Scient., Research unit for dietary studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals Rie Raffing, Cand.Scient., WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Services, Parker Instituttet, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals. Dates 25th, 27th and 28th of August and 2nd of September 2025 (Autumn course 1) Course location The Parker Institute, Frederiksberg Hospital Registration: Please register before 21 July 2025 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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