Course curriculum

Welcome! This course is an overview of the systematic review process, including study design, search strategy, screening and content extraction, as well as basic analysis and writing of a publishable review and/or meta-analysis. The six-part course begins by introducing the goals of systematic reviews, and then proceeds through building Boolean queries, drafting a study protocol, Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria, building hierarchies of concepts, structuring Interventions and Outcomes of interest, analyzing and drafting key findings, and common pitfalls throughout the process, all using an example review on the topic of Basilar Artery Stroke, a serious subset of strokes with open questions about novel minimally-invasive treatment techniques. At the end of the course, you should be able to independently design and execute a systematic review and (with biostatistician assistance) set up a meta-analytical comparison. The course is presented by CEO and founder of Nested Knowledge, which offers a systematic review software that structures the review process, offers AI assistance for key tasks, and performs automated statistics on review findings. The software is not required to take the course, but a free trial is optional and can help you complete the assignments with each lesson, which taken together, will help you complete a review on a topic of interest as you proceed through the course.

    1. Introduction

    1. Introduction to Systematic Review

    2. Lesson 1 slides - Intro to Systematic Review

    3. Homework

    1. Study Design

    2. Lesson 2 slides - Study Design

    3. Homework

    1. Search Strategy

    2. Lesson 3 slides - Search

    3. Homework

    1. The Study Lifecycle

    2. Lesson 4 slides - Reading a Study

    3. Homework

    1. Interpretation and Write-up

    2. Lesson 5 slides - Interpretation

    3. Homework

About this course

  • Free
  • 22 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

Instructor

Instructor Bio:

CEO and Founder of Nested Knowledge Kevin Kallmes

Kevin is a serial medical entrepreneur whose first venture, a medical research consultancy, assists with the analysis and interpretation of clinical evidence. In his second company, Kevin drove a stroke treatment catheter from prototype to commercialization, and in doing so, saw the direct impact of published clinical evidence on the medical R&D process. Based on these experiences, he founded Nested Knowledge, which has built a leading systematic review software that is offered to academic and corporate researchers to provide a 'living', interactive platform for managing all review-related data relevant to any disease state. His experience in study design and systematic review execution are complemented by experience both designing data-driven interfaces for the NIH and submitting NIH grants, with >$20M in research funding awarded to Kevin and his collaborators. When not working, Kevin can be found either playing blitz chess or on the peaks of North America's most picturesque mountains.