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Wednesday 3 June 2009 9.00 - 12.30 Cost: €60
Capacity: 20 Participants
Venue: La Touche Room D105, Dublin Castle Diagnostic test studies are receiving increasing attention, but are challenging to identify efficiently and reliably. Healthcare professionals are seeking information on best evidence on test accuracy. Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are growing in number led by developments in The Cochrane Collaboration, health technology assessment agencies and health purchasing advisory bodies. This research also requires systematic study identification and the resulting products, systematic reviews and technology assessments, are an important resource for the practice of evidence-based health care.
The research evidence on identifying diagnostic studies is a fast moving area (we are aware of at least 22 search filters to identify diagnostic test accuracy studies) and presents challenges for making informed choices about key sources to search, and about the design, quality and applicability of search filters and other approaches when deciding on the structure of the search.
This continuing education course will focus on:
- the research evidence on search approaches to identify diagnostic studies.
- the key resources available to find studies and reviews, as well as products in development.
- current searching guidance and key critical appraisal tools for assessing diagnostic test accuracy studies.
- how to keep up to date in this fast moving area.
The course will involve presentations, discussion and a practical session developing a search strategy to identify diagnostic test accuracy studies.
Julie Glanville
Project Director - Information Services, York Health Economics Consortium Ltd, University of York, York, YO10 5NH, UK.
Anne Eisinga
Information Specialist for the UK Regional Support Unit for Cochrane Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy, University of Birmingham, UK.
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