Project and data management in evidence syntheses

Consulting on evidence syntheses projects is now a common task for many medical
librarians. Utilizing appropriate project and data management through the projects is
vital to the review being conducted efficiently and matching appropriate standards. This
course will provide a strong foundation in the principles and best practices for project
and data management in systematic reviews and other syntheses types.

Resource URL: Pending

Learning Objectives

At the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

• Define project management for systematic reviews and best practices
• Use template for data management for systematic reviews
• Describe important data to track for evidence syntheses
• Use checklist for consulting with review authors

Agenda

• Introduction (15 minutes)
  • Introductions to participants, instructor and the workshop
  • Reflection exercise
    
• Part 1: Project Management (60 minutes)
  • Mini Lecture on project management for reviews
  • Group exercise evaluating checklists/templates for meeting with clients
  • Class discussion on best practices and software
    
• [10 min break]
  
• Part 2: Data management (45 min)
  • Mini lecture on data management for reviews
  • Data management plan close up, individual exercise
  • Class discussion
    
• Part 3: Best practices in consulting (45 min)
  • Mini lecture of role of librarian
  • Case studies in project/data management in group exercise
  • Class discussion on challenges
    
• Wrap up (15 min)
  • Recap of workshop
  • Feedback and evaluation

MLA CE Credits: 3