Developing a guideline or doing a systematic review?
GRADE methods can help you interpret and summarise your evidence.
Used by the NHMRC, WHO, Cochrane and more than 100 organisations worldwide, GRADE provides a structured approach for communicating health research findings.
Join Cochrane Australia and the Melbourne GRADE Centre online for the next GRADE course on Tuesday 12 and Thursday 14 October for two half-day sessions from 8.30am to 12.30pm. This course introduces GRADE methods for those involved in evidence synthesis.
About the course
This online course is designed for systematic review authors and others involved in evidence syntheses. It covers the main principles of the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach and provides practical guidance on using the methods to summarise evidence for policy and practice. GRADE has become the gold standard approach for summarising findings in systematic reviews and rating the certainty of a body of evidence. Recommended for use in Cochrane reviews and NHMRC-approved guidelines, GRADE provides a transparent method for making the complex decisions required to draw conclusions about the certainty of evidence.
This workshop provides participants with practical skills required to start using the GRADE approach in a systematic review or guideline, especially for evidence about interventions. The course assumes some familiarity with systematic review methods, in particular the assessment of risk of bias and the interpretation of effect estimates.
Course outline
Overview of the GRADE approach and systematic reviews
Assessing the certainty of evidence using GRADE
Creating ‘Summary of Findings’ tables and Evidence Profiles from systematic reviews of interventions
Software to support the use of GRADE
Introduction to the Evidence to Decision framework for making recommendations
The workshop involves a mix of presentations, interactive examples and hands-on exercises. Electronic copies of the slides are provided on the day of each workshop. Participants must have a computer and internet access suitable for participating in zoom web-conferencing.
Our facilitator, Sue Brennan is the Director of the Melbourne GRADE Centre, based at Cochrane Australia, Monash University.
Cost
The workshop is AUD $276 per participant.