Predatory practices in academic publishing, focused on health sciences
Online course via Microsoft TeamsEvery researcher who wants to publish research results, faces so called predatory publishing. These are publication venues that claim to be legitimate scholarly open access journals, but misrepresent their publishing practices. Because there is a wide spectrum from genuinely fraudulent and deceitful practices to questionable and unethical practices, we rather speak of predatory practices instead [...]
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, BelgiëMaybe 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 TeamsRayyan.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 [...]
MEDLINE (via the PubMed interface)
Online course via Microsoft TeamsDo you have the feeling you can find too many or just too few scientific articles in PubMed? Are the articles you find often irrelevant? Do you feel you are losing a lot of time in your literature search? Then do not hesitate to enroll. Learning outcomes of the course Upon completion of this [...]
Evidence-based guidelines: best practices and tools
Een evidence-based guideline (oftewel: een richtlijn voor de klinische praktijk) is een systematisch opgestelde verklaring die aanbevelingen bevat om artsen, patiënten, zorgverleners of beleidmakers te helpen bij het nemen van beslissingen over passende gezondheidszorg in specifieke klinische omstandigheden met als doel om de zorg voor de patiënt te optimaliseren. Een richtlijn voor de klinische praktijk [...]
Systematic review: risk of bias and quality assessment
Online course via Microsoft TeamsWith a systematic review you aim to collect all evidence about your research question and to assess its quality. Thanks to this session, you will learn which tools to use for which type of systematic review and we will elaborate on the Cochrane Organization's Risk of Bias Tool and GRADE. Highly recommended for those conducting [...]