Geographical Group Reporting Submission
Cochrane Nigeria
Moriam Chibuzor
Literature Searching for Systematic Reviews Workshop
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Moriam Chibuzor
moriamchibuzor@yahoo.com
moriamchibuzor@yahoo.com
Trainings, learning opportunities, workshops
Twenty -Nine (29 participants) including researchers, medical librarians and students attended the workshop. The workshop was virtual.
This was an introductory course on how to conduct a literature search for a systematic review. It provided a brief overview of the concept of systematic reviews and the steps to conducting a
comprehensive literature search. Participants were taught how to identify search terms based on the research question, develop a simple search strategy, run this in PubMed database and download and save results. The workshop format included lectures as well as hands-on sessions to practice basic search skills.
This was an introductory course on how to conduct a literature search for a systematic review. It provided a brief overview of the concept of systematic reviews and the steps to conducting a
comprehensive literature search. Participants were taught how to identify search terms based on the research question, develop a simple search strategy, run this in PubMed database and download and save results. The workshop format included lectures as well as hands-on sessions to practice basic search skills.