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Cochrane Interactive Learning: Systematic Reviews

Training skill Research

1What it is

An online course in preparing a systematic review of interventions, from the organisation that set the best-known method for it: framing the question and protocol, searching databases, extracting data and assessing bias, meta-analysis, rating the strength of evidence, and writing up. Specialised modules are added, such as rapid reviews and living reviews.

2Who it suits

Researchers in the health, education and social sciences, and postgraduate students preparing a systematic review or building a literature review on a methodical basis.

3What it requires

A grasp of basic research methods and statistics is enough to start.

4How it is earned

The first module is free with registration; the rest need an individual or institutional subscription, and a completion certificate can be downloaded for each finished module.

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New on the site Video guides – Short videos that walk through the site step by step, from publishing your event to running its peer review. Find out more