Abstract
The increasing urgency for evidence based practice, especially in resource limited settings has inspired many initiatives to this effect. In Africa there is limited skill in research synthesis and the production of systematic reviews. The Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, together with the South African Cochrane Centre organised a workshop to train Cameroonian researchers on how to initiate and complete systematic reviews. Five facilitators and fifteen participants met over a period of four days. At the end of the workshop the participants expressed high levels of satisfaction and motivation to conduct systematic reviews, but expressed the need for additional support. Facilitators of future systematic review courses should address challenges related to internet access, adult education and realistic expectations from the participants.
Highlights
Over the past few decades, the need for reliable information to guide health care decision making has spawned the art of research synthesis
The CDBPH is a knowledge translation and exchange centre aimed at facilitating interaction between health researchers and decision-makers
Participants were impressed with the content and facilitation of this workshop on systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Summary
Over the past few decades, the need for reliable information to guide health care decision making has spawned the art of research synthesis. A systematic review is “a review in which bias has been reduced by the systematic identification, appraisal, synthesis, and, if relevant statistical aggregation of all relevant studies on a specific topic according to a predetermined and explicit method [2].”. This would seem to be an invaluable resource for developing countries. The CDBPH is a knowledge translation and exchange centre aimed at facilitating interaction between health researchers and decision-makers. This initiative offers researchers the opportunity to collect, synthesize and disseminate research evidence in user-friendly formats
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