課程資訊
課程名稱
系統回顧與統合分析
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 
開課學期
100-2 
授課對象
公共衛生學院  流預所流行病學組  
授課教師
林先和 
課號
EPM5053 
課程識別碼
849 U0240 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期二5,6(12:20~14:10) 
上課地點
公衛211 
備註
總人數上限:50人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1002srma 
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課程概述

This course will introduce students to the principles in conducting a systematic and quantitative review of randomised controlled trials and observational studies. The course will be structured by the critical steps in conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, with particular emphasis on common pitfalls when doing such an analysis. A series of case studies of important public health and medical issues will be used as in-class examples. The course consists of lectures, computer labs using common software packages for meta-analysis, and a final group project resulting in a draft meta-analysis paper. 

課程目標
The goal of the course is to provide the students the general framework of conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis. At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to read and critically appraise the literature of systematic review and meta-analysis and to conduct his or her own meta-analysis. 
課程要求
The students are expected to have taken introductory-level courses of epidemiology and biostatistics. The final group project (with a group size of 2~4) will be a meta-analysis report that can be submitted for publication after further revision. 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
The readings of each lecture will be posted on the course schedule and uploaded to CEIBA.  
參考書目
1. Introduction to Meta-Analysis (Statistics in Practice), Michael Borenstein,
Larry Hedges, Julian Higgins, and Hannah Rothstein. Wiley, 2009.
2. Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-analysis in Context, 2nd Edition,
Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, and Douglas Altman, eds. BMJ Books, 2001.
(available as an eBook at NTU Library)
3. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, Julian Higgins,
Sally Green, eds. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. (available online at
http://www.cochrane-handbook.org/) 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
class participation 
20% 
 
2. 
critique 
10% 
 
3. 
presentation 
10% 
 
4. 
final group project 
60% 
 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
02/21  Introduction and course overview 
第2週
02/28  和平紀念日(放假日) 
第3週
03/06  1. Literature review and searching methods
2. Introduction to reference management software: EndNote
台大醫圖
應家琪/黃菊芬 
第4週
03/13  Selecting studies and extracting data
[Higgins Chapter 7]
 
第5週
03/20  Assessing the quality of included studies 
第6週
03/27  1. Fixed-effect and random-effects models
2. Assessing heterogeneity  
第7週
04/03  溫書假 
第8週
04/10  Lab I  
第9週
04/17  Student presentation: research topic, search protocol, and preliminary search results  
第10週
04/24  Subgroup analysis and Meta-regression 
第11週
05/01  1. Quality assessment of observational studies
2. Lab II 
第12週
05/08  Publication bias and other reporting biases 
第13週
05/15  How to critically appraise a systematic review and meta-analysis - [Dr. Chang CH] 
第14週
05/22  Meta-analysis of diagnostic tools - [Dr. Chien-Chang Lee] 
第15週
05/29  Introduction to network meta-analysis [Prof. Chien KL] 
第16週
06/05  Interpreting the results and reporting systematic review and meta-analysis 
第17週
06/12  Group project presentation 
第18週
06/19  Group project presentation