Presenter: Tom Harrod, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
Presenter Biography: Tom Harrod is the Associate Director for Reference, Instruction, and Access at the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library. Tom has been at the Himmelfarb Library for over 14 years, the most recent three in his current position. Before that, he was a Reference and Instructional Librarian at Himmelfarb. Tom has helped numerous students and faculties perform systematic reviews and several of those collaborations resulted in co-authorship of the resulting published manuscripts.
Description: Performing a systematic review is a daunting process. To do it well requires the combined effort of a team of researchers able to devote a year or more of their time to the work. Many steps must be performed to ensure that the result represents an exhaustive search for all available evidence regarding the topic of interest. Fortunately, there are many available resources to aid teams undertaking a systematic review.
One of the most helpful resources available to would-be systematic reviewers at GW is access to the web-based computer software, Covidence. The Himmelfarb Library has purchased access to Covidence for students and faculty members at GW. Covidence is designed to streamline every step of the systematic review process. From gathering together references to facilitating effective article screening and data extraction, Covidence saves researchers many hours of labor compared to traditional means of performing a systematic review.
During this session, participants will look at how you can access the Himmelfarb Library’s subscription to create your own unlimited Covidence account. Then the presenter will explore the process of starting a new project, including the invitation of collaborators, the importation of article references, the performance of title/abstract and full-text screening, the extraction of data, and finally the quality analysis of selected articles. After this session, attendees will be able to access Covidence and use it to facilitate their systematic review projects.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
- Open a Covidence account using the Himmelfarb Library subscription
- Create a systematic review project within Covidence
- Import references from various article databases
- Begin screening imported articles in Covidence
A virtual event sponsored by the SMHS CFE Academy of Education Scholars.