Education

Workshops

Short, practical workshops in development for review teams, authors and reviewers.

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Systematic review protocol workshop

For: Review teams preparing a protocol

A practical workshop that takes a review team from question to a PROSPERO-ready protocol and PRISMA-compliant plan.

  • Draft eligibility criteria and a search strategy
  • Plan risk-of-bias and synthesis methods
  • Prepare protocol registration
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Visual abstract workshop

For: Authors and editors

Turning a study’s key question, method and result into an accurate single-panel visual summary.

  • Identify the one finding to show
  • Lay out a visual abstract
  • Check it against the paper for accuracy
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Peer review in practice

For: Researchers new to reviewing

What editors need from reviewers, how to structure a review, and the ethical duties of reviewers.

  • Structure a constructive review
  • Recognise reporting and integrity problems
  • Apply confidentiality and conflict-of-interest rules
Not yet enrolling · no accredited award