Series instructor
Patrick Labelle is a research librarian at the University of Ottawa. For more than 10 years, he has worked on various knowledge synthesis projects primarily in the social sciences and in education through collaborations with researchers and graduate students. Patrick is also an information specialist with the Campbell Collaboration and a co-instructor with the Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada. Earlier this year, he joined CRECS as a Principal Researcher.
Participants
These Zoom workshops are open to everyone who collaborate on reviews with professors.
Series schedule
| Session | Date | Zoom link | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning a scoping review | January 21, 2025 | TBA | This session focuses on various steps to complete when preparing a scoping review project. Topics covered include how to formulate a feasible and appropriate research question, verify that previous reviews have not addressed the same topic, identify inclusion and exclusion criteria, and prepare and register a detailed protocol. |
| Identifying sources of evidence | February 4, 2025 | TBA | This session presents essential steps to prepare an exhaustive and comprehensive approach for identifying literature for a scoping review project. Topics covered include how to collaborate with a librarian, determine key concepts, seek existing strategies, identify appropriate databases, develop robust searches, and consider complementary search techniques. |
| Screening and selecting evidence | February 25, 2025 | TBA | This session looks at best practices for screening and choosing references for a scoping review project using Covidence, an online tool that helps manage certain steps of a review. Topics covered include how to set up a project in Covidence, import references, set up pilots, screen titles and abstracts as well as the full text, resolve conflicts, and use Covidence on a mobile device. |
| Summarizing evidence and reporting findings | March 18, 2025 | TBA | This session provides an overview of the work involved in extracting key information from the evidence, synthesizing it and disseminating findings. Topics covered include how to collect relevant data, use forms and tables to categorize findings, produce a narrative synthesis, identify patterns, trends and gaps, use reporting guidelines, and disseminate the review. |
These workshops are also offered in French During the Fall 2024 semester.