Course Conducting a scoping review, a quantitative evidence synthesis; qualitative evidence synthesis and mixed study review

The course P284/ Conducting a scoping review, a quantitative evidence synthesis; qualitative evidence synthesis and mixed study review is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, fall 2026.

Criteria for participation: University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students).

Requirements for participation: none.

Aim: 
The course aims to enable the participants to formulate specific review questions; to map key concepts using scoping review, to critically appraise, extract and pool quantitative evidence; to critically appraise, extract and pool data generated from quantitative data and qualitative data respectively and to pool data generated from both quantitative and qualitative evidence. The course also aims to enable the participants to develop a protocol for a systematic review for submission in e.g., Prospero

Learning outcomes:

• Specify research topic using PCC, PICO/ PECOS and PICo
• Search strategy
• Assess quantitative and qualitative studies using relevant tools
• Extract and pool the extracted data
• Synthesize extracted data
• Assess summarized data
• Present a protocol for a scoping review, a quantitative evidence synthesis, a qualitative evidence synthesis and a mixed study review

Workload: The full workload of the course is expected to be 75 hours

Content: 

This hands-on course introduces the participants the analytical process of synthesizing quantitative-, qualitative- and quantitative and qualitative evidence, and how to develop a protocol for a scoping review; a quantitative evidence synthesis; a qualitative evidence synthesis and a mixed study review.

Instructors: 

• Merete Bjerrum, Associate Professor, PhD, MA (MB) (course leader)
• Annett Dalbøge, seniorforsker, Associate Professor, MSc, PhD (AD)
• Cecilie Nørby Lyhne, Associate Professor, PhD, MSc in Public Health (CNL)
• Anne Vils Mead, Librarian, cand.scient.bibl. (AVM)
• Frederik Kronvoldt Nielsen MSc. (FKN)
• Alexander Jahn, MSc, PhD stud. (AJ)
• Claus Kjærgaard, MSc, PhD stud. (CK)

Venue: Aarhus University, Aarhus

Participation in the course is without cost for:

• PhD students, Health Research Year students from Aarhus University
• PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
• PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

Course dates:

• 02 November 2026 09:00 - 16:00
• 03 November 2026 09:00 - 16:00
• 04 November 2026 09:00 - 16:00
• 05 November 2026 09:00 - 16:00
• 06 November 2026 09:00 - 16:00