Introduction to QES from Conception to Completion

Evidence Synthesis Ireland & Cochrane Ireland

Workshop will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of Qualitative Evidence Synthesis and how Cochrane QES reviews are structured

University of Limerick

<h3>*If your type of ticket is sold out, please join the waitlist or contact us at esi@nuigalway.ie </h3><h2>Background</h2>Health care policy and practice decisions should be based on a synthesis of the global body of evidence rather than relying on individual studies. Evidence Synthesis Ireland promotes evidence based healthcare policy and practice by supporting high quality, relevant systematic reviews including the synthesis of qualitative evidence. <h2>Aim </h2>This workshop provides authors, with an interest in learning more about the QES process, with a comprehensive overview of the approaches to and the methods for qualitative evidence synthesis. It offers an insight to the development of a protocol, introducing participants to, search methods, selecting studies, assessing the quality of studies, data extraction and approaches to synthesis. <h2>Learning outcomes</h2>In this course participants will be enabled to:•	Understand the basic principles of a qualitative evidence synthesis •	Identify the purpose and scope of a QES•	Understand search methods and apply these methods to a search strategy •	Discuss the criteria for selecting studies •	Assess the quality of studies•	Discuss the principles involved in extracting and synthesising findings from a QES.•	Identify the process of application of Grade CERQual to QES findings. <h2>Teaching strategies</h2>The workshop will consist of a mixture of short presentations, led by members of the ESI teaching faculty covering each of the stages of developing a QES, small group activities based around worked examples and exercises and plenary discussions, providing participants with the opportunity to discuss and develop their understanding of the QES process. Participants’ will also be provided with a short reading list in advance of the workshop.<h2>Course content/timetable</h2>08:30 Registration and coffee 09:00 Welcome, introduction of presenters and outline of presentations09:15	Introducing QES: An overview of QES including key QES types and methods. 09:45 Focusing Your Review Question (Plenary Session and Exercise) 10:30	Break 10:45	Searching for Qualitative Evidence (Guided Search Example)11:15	Screening and Inclusion processes, Selecting Studies and Extracting Data (Exercise) 12:30	Lunch13:15	Assessing the Quality of Studies 13:45	Choosing a Method of Synthesis: Overview of Thematic, Framework and Meta-ethnography 14:45	Generating Themes Organising and Interpreting the Findings 15:30	CERQual and Grading the Evidence16:00	Close<h2>Facilitators</h2>Dr Linda Biesty, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Nursing &amp; Midwifery, University of Galway. Twitter @LindaBiestyDr Pauline Meskell, Senior Lecturer, Dept.. Nursing &amp; Midwifery, University of Limerick. Twitter @MeskellPauline @pauline_meskell

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