Advanced Bibliographic search and systematic review of literature

Duration

5h Th, 10h Pr, 5h Mon. WS

Number of credits

Lecturer

Charlotte Beaudart, Olivier Bruyère, Nancy Durieux

Coordinator

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Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The objective of this course is to provide the student with elements required to perform (and therefore to interpret and to analyze critically) a systematic review of the literature on any subject of Public Health.
The course focuses on the following topics:

• Systematic review of the literature: theory and milestones;
• Advanced bibliographic search: use of Medline and Scopus;
• Use of a bibliographic reference management software.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students will be able to clearly define the objective of a systematic review, to establish an exhaustive search strategy in several databases, to select relevant publications, to extract and synthesize data.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Course of Documentary resources: Approach by conclusive data (METO1002)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Face-to-face sessions (depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 sanitary situation) and individual work at home.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes will be available via myULiege.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam

- Remote

written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Written work

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website.

Contacts

Please, use only your ULiege address (XXX@student.uliege.be) for any exchange of mails and specify in the subject line of your email the title of the course (METO0010).

Nancy Durieux ULiège Library - Secteur des Sciences de la Santé Bât. B34 - CHU - Tour 5 Quartier Hôpital Avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000 LIEGE Tel. : +32(0)4/366 96 26 E-mail : Nancy.Durieux@uliegebe

Professor Olivier Bruyère and Charlotte Beaudart Division of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics University of Liege CHU Sart Tilman, Bât B23 4000 Liège Tel.: +32 (0)4 366 25 81 Fax: +32 (0)4 366 28 12 E-mail: olivier.bruyere@uliegebe E-mail: C.Beaudart@uliegebe