Conducting and publishing a systematic review and meta-analysis (5 half days) (NL)

Online course via Microsoft Teams

The Specialist Course “Conducting and publishing a systematic review and meta-analysis” is a Specialist course part of the Doctoral training programme given by the Knowledge Centre for Health Ghent and the Biostatistics Unit, with the support of the Flemish Government and the Doctoral Schools of Ghent University. Target group Since it is an interactive workshop [...]

Understanding (your) research metrics

Online course via Microsoft Teams

Generally speaking for researchers, the availability of metrics depends on your research output being available online. Individual researchers might use metrics as evidence for job or grant applications or to inform a publication and communication strategy. Beyond personal interest, research metrics are used to rank and to benchmark universities and to drive policy and funding [...]

Strengthening Your Scientific and Research Communication Skills

Online course via Microsoft Teams

This session will guide researchers in selecting the right communication strategy to increase their scientific research's visibility. It includes discussion on the tools offered by Ghent University, and the use of social media and online academic networks like LinkedIn, X (formerly known as Twitter), ResearchGate, and Academia.edu. It will address the pros of cons of [...]

Search strategy for a systematic review: workshop

Online course via Microsoft Teams

With a systematic review, you aim to gather all the evidence about your research question. A sensitive search strategy for searching biomedical and/or multidisciplinary databases is essential. This workshop will teach you how to set up a search strategy and how to avoid pitfalls. Highly recommended for those conducting or supervising a systematic review.   [...]

How to Prepare Your Data for Posting in a Repository: seminar

Auditorium C (Campus UZ Gent) C. Heymanslaan 10 (DWG-L, 2de verdieping, Ingang 48), Gent, België

Maybe you are convinced that Open Science1 is the proper way forward, maybe you need to adhere to the FWO policy2 with regard to research results or maybe you want to implement the data publication requirement of sharing clinical result data after closing a clinical trial3. In all cases you will want to post data [...]

How to Prepare Your Data for Posting in a Repository: workshop

Leslokaal 3.1 (Campus UZ Gent)

In the workshop we will identify the different data types that are collected during your own research project. We will review attributes of data in repositories and evaluate their usefulness based on how FAIR the data are. And we will experience first hand what it takes to deposit data in a data repository. Please take [...]

Rayyan.ai for systematic reviews

Online course via Microsoft Teams

Rayyan.ai for systematic reviews is a free Web tool developed for researchers creating a systematic review (or other form of evidence synthesis). This tool facilitates the screening process by title and abstract and the full text evaluation. Users of this tool indicate the ease of use, time savings, blinded screening and easy sharing of reasons [...]