Online Workshop: Rapid Review 101 – August 15, 2024
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About the Workshop
Learning Objectives
- Identify the difference between systematic reviews and rapid reviews
- Summarize the rapid review process, with discussion of potential modifications given time and resource restrictions and impact on results
- Identify resources and software to support each step of the process
During this 4-hour workshop participants will learn from presenter Dr. Maureen Dobbins of McMaster University and director of the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. The workshop will identify the difference between systematic reviews and rapid reviews and summarize the rapid review process, with discussion of the impact on results consequent to potential modifications given time and resource restrictions. Dr. Dobbins will also identify resources and software to support each step of the process. This workshop is appropriate for those with beginner or intermediate level knowledge of the review process.
Date and time: Thursday, August 15, 2024 (12:00 pm–4:00 pm Eastern)
About the Presenter
Maureen Dobbins, RN, PhD is a professor in the School of Nursing at McMaster University. Her research efforts seek to understand knowledge translation among public health decision makers in Canada. Her program of research has: identified barriers and facilitators to research use; explored the information needs of public health decision makers; and developed, implemented and evaluated a variety of knowledge translation strategies for public health decision makers. Since 2001, she has been the Director of Health Evidence, a single source of high quality effectiveness evidence and one component of a comprehensive knowledge translation strategy for public health decision makers worldwide. Since, 2011, Maureen has been the Scientific Director of the National Collaborating Centre Methods and Tools, one of six National Collaborating Centres for Public Health in Canada. The NCCMT provides leadership and expertise in helping public health professionals put research evidence into policy and practice.