Research Evidence Synthesis Training Programme – Methods for Change

How to synthesise evidence quickly and effectively

Welcome to the Research Evidence Synthesis online course! This course includes video lectures, useful readings and other resources to support your evidence synthesis journey. This online course is entirely self-paced so that it is available when it is most convenient and timely during your evidence synthesis development process.

This course addresses the following overarching topics:

Evidence synthesis development
Developing policy briefs
Publishing your evidence synthesis

For any information about the in-person or self-paced aspects of the training, please contact us at [email protected]

Course Content

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GETTING STARTED GUIDE

Course User Orientation

Enhance Learning

About the Instructors

COURSE

Evidence Synthesis Development 16 Topics

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Introduction to Evidence Synthesis

Types of Evidence Synthesis

Examples of REAs

Steps in a Rapid Evidence Assessment

Defining a Research Question

Defining the Scope

Creating Search Terms

Writing a Protocol

Quality Assessment and Extracting Findings

Introducing Data Management

Principles of Data Management

Data Management Checklist

Reporting Requirements

Outputs of a REA

Additional Resources

Policy Briefs 13 Topics

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Writing Policy Briefs

Synthesising Evidence for Policy Briefs

Communicating Complexity and Uncertainty Responsibly

Targeting a Need, Challenge or Evidence Gap

Identifying Feasible Actions

Designing Policy Briefs

Structuring your Policy Brief

Policy Brief Walk-through

Example of a Policy Brief

Different Ways to Use Your Policy Brief

Creating Policy Infographics

Policy Infographics Examples

Additional Resources

Publishing your Evidence Synthesis 11 Topics

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Scoping a Journal

Predatory Journals

Developing your Journal Manuscript

Structuring your Manuscript

Reviewing your Draft

Submitting your Manuscript

Review and Resubmission

Additional Resources

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