by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | Events
Automation Tool Workshop: Improving the speed of designing and writing a systematic review
Presenter: Justin Clark
Research Enhancement Manager Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare
Bond University
Systematic reviews (SR) are a great way to answer research questions, but they can take a long time and are a lot of work. Fortunately, recent innovations such as the development of automation tools can help. Automation tools have shown they can increase the speed of conducting SRs, without impacting their quality.
This workshop will provide live demonstrations of the SRA tools used when designing and writing a systematic review. Participants will gain practical experience using automation tools to design and write the protocol, methods, and results.
Where: Zoom – link will be sent prior to the workshop.
When:
15 August, 10:30am – 12:30pm AEST
https://www.alia.org.au/EventDetail?EventKey=HLA0823
Cost: $60 ALIA members $120 non-members. (One more reason – along with 12 others – to consider HLA Membership)
Please note this session will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.
Bio:
Justin Clark is the Research Enhancement Manager at the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare (IEBH). He is also the Cochrane Information Specialist for the Acute Respiratory Infections Group, a member of the Cochrane Information Specialists Executive and the Co-Lead of the search group of the Living Evidence Network. He is one of the inventors of the Two-Week Systematic Review (2weekSR) method, a founding member of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) and leads the Automation Team at the IEBH. His work focuses on improving evidence synthesis methods to reduce the resources needed to conduct reviews of the evidence, such as by developing tools and methods for the automation of evidence synthesis. For more information about Justin’s research please visit his Research Profile.
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by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | Events
Topic 📚
Clients access a lot of content away from the Library website. Hear how several different tools can be used to connect clients on the general internet with library subscribed content.
Tools Talked To 🔨
Bibliograph: Hannah Armitage (Uni Melb. VIC)
Lean Library: Hannah Shelley (ACU)
Libkey Nomad: Reeti Brar (University of Notre Dame, WA)
Endnote Click: Caroline Ondracek (Royal Children’s Hospital, VIC)
PubMed OTool: Hannah-Lee Obst (South West Healthcare, VIC)
Google Scholar: Jane Van Balen (Macquarie University, NSW)
Bookmarklets: Cheryl Hamill, (South Metropolitan Health Service, WA)
When ⏲
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 1-2 pm AEST
Where 🌏
Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.
This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.
Cost 💲
ALIA Members – FREE
Non-Members – $15 (another reason – in addition to 12 others – to consider HLA membership)
Register ✍
Register here
by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | Events
Presenter: Julie Glanville
Search filters are sets of search terms designed to find studies of a specific design. They are an essential tool in searching for evidence. Filters may be sensitive/broad and are useful in identifying studies for evidence syntheses such as systematic reviews and in guideline development. The ISSG Search Filter Resource (ISSG SFR) has been developed to improve awareness of methodological search filters and to provide information on how to critically appraise filters. The site continues to introduce developments and new features. This webinar will review the purpose of search filters and show how the ISSG Search Filter Resource can support you in identifying, choosing and critiquing search filters.
Where: Online webinar Zoom (link sent the day prior)
When: 13 September 2023 3.30pm AEST
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: ALIA members – FREE; Non-ALIA – $30 (another reason to consider HLA Membership …)
Register: Finding research filters for study designs (alia.org.au)
Bio: Independent Consultant in Information Retrieval
Co-editor of the ISSG Search Filter Resource
Co-manager of the SuRe Info resource
Formerly – Associate Editor, Research Synthesis Methods
Formerly – Co-convenor Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group
by Rob Penfold | Nov 19, 2024 | Events
View the Conference Program, and – because it’s so great – Register for the Conference
This year’s big event is the joint HLA / HLi conference being held in Melbourne in late October.
This is an in-person 👩 event only so it could be a good time to consider setting aside time ⏲, perhaps planning a holiday 🚢 around the event.
As a bonus, it’s in wonderful Melbourne (3rd most livable city in the world, leaving poor old Sydney in its wake …)
by Rob Penfold | Apr 4, 2023 | News
Work is being undertaken to demonstrate the important role health libraries play in Australian medical training programs. Here you will find an overview of the medical colleges and associations which have medical training programs with specific library requirements highlighted. Based on a review of documents with inconsistency and vague terminology, the below benchmark statement covers off requirements that Colleges and Associations should include as they update their accreditation requirements. HLA endorses the following Recommendations:
There is access to a curated collection of high-quality information via a health library with online access appropriately configured for physician training.
The health library is staffed by qualified librarians with expertise in literature searching and research practices who provide training and individualised support to trainees undertaking research.
The site shall provide access to a physical health library space with current and relevant resources, study space and computing facilities equipped with supportive software for research.
A report will be available soon. Contact gemmas@bhs.org.au for further information.
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