Julie Glanville & Carol Lefebvre: Identifying and evaluating search filters |
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Tuesday 2 June 2009 9.00 - 12.30 THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL Cost: €60 Course description: As the volume of published research grows, the efficient identification of relevant studies performed according to specific methods is becoming more challenging. Many search filters, for example those designed to retrieve specific study designs such as randomized controlled trials or diagnostic test accuracy studies, or research issues such as adverse events, are being designed and published. Increasingly, these filters are being incorporated into database search interfaces, such as the PubMed Clinical Queries. As the number of filters grows, the challenge of choosing between them is becoming more apparent. For example, we are aware of at least 22 filters to identify diagnostic test accuracy studies. Information professionals and others wishing to use search filters need to be aware not only of issues of filter design and quality but also of suitability in order to make informed choices in the area of selecting and applying search filters. This Continuing Education Course will focus on two key issues: identifying search filters and evaluating them in context. This course will address the identification of a wide range of search filters, drawing on the Search Filter Resource put together by the InterTASC Information Specialists' Sub-Group (ISSG) - the group of information professionals supporting research groups within England and Scotland providing technology assessments to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE): http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/intertasc/. Julie Glanville is the Project Director – Information Services for York Health Economics Consortium Ltd (YHEC), University of York. Julie manages search support services and training to YHEC and its clients. Prior to joining YHEC, Julie was a founder member and later Associate Director of the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York, which undertakes systematic reviews and health technology assessments. Julie has undertaken hundreds of literature search projects to identify evidence for systematic reviews and health technology assessments during her career. As well as being an expert searcher, she is an experienced service manager who has managed a range of information research projects and the NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED). Julie has delivered information, research services and training to a wide range of customers including NICE, the Society for Academic Primary Care and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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