About 2026 Systematic Review Workshop - Registration Opening Soon!

About 2026 Systematic Review and GRADE Analysis Workshop at UQ Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre (QCPRRC)

Learn from experts to power through your systematic analysis

Join the 8-week interactive Systematic Review Workshop, led by experts, where you will gain comprehensive knowledge and practical experience in:

conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy of treatment,
a clinimetric review of measures, and/or
a review of diagnostic criteria for a clinical area.

Meta-analysis and GRADE methods will also be included in the training for a transparent approach to rating the certainty of evidence and developing healthcare recommendations.

The Systematic Review Course has been successfully conducted at the University of Queensland QCPRRC annually for the past 18 years. The aims of the course is to conduct a systematic review and to proceed to publication. The course has lead to >100 publications between Professor Roslyn Boyd (course leader) and Professor Rob Ware (Professor of Biostatistics).

The Systematic Review workshop will be held on Fridays, 8.30am - 12.30pm (Queensland time) for 8 weeks.

Workshop dates & topics:

Week 1	Friday 30^th January	Introduction; Framing your question; PubMed, Cochrane
		Please note there is no workshop Friday 6^th February.
Week 2	Friday 13^th February	Confirming Review question/aims, Endnote, Web of Science, Database search (PROSPERO, PRISMA, CINAHL, EMBASE)
Week 3	Friday 20^th February	Measuring Quality for Reporting, PEDro,
Week 4	Friday 27^th February	Clinimetric Systematic Reviews; Biostatistics pt. 1 (measures of reproducibility), COSMIN II
		Please note a four-week gap between Week 4 and Week 5 workshops.
Week 5	Friday 10^th April	Biostatistics pt. 2 (RCTs, statistical inference, continuous outcomes & binary outcomes)
Week 6	Friday 17^th April	Meta analysis including Network Met-analysis and Individual Patient Meta- analysis
Week 7	Friday 24^th April	GRADE Analysis (one-day workshop)
Week 8	Friday 1^st May	Clinical Practice Guidelines; Getting Published

Workshop Registration

Registration for 8-week Systematic Review Workshop & GRADE Analysis

Standard: AU$1000.00 inc GST
Students & all UQ and Queensland Health Partner; Members of Australian Cerebral Palsy Health Network CRE: AU$250.00 inc GST. Apply for the discount here.

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Registration for GRADE Analysis ONLY

Standard: AU$600.00 inc GST
Students & all UQ and Queensland Health Partner; Members of Australian Cerebral Palsy Health Network CRE: AU$250.00 inc GST. Apply for the discount here.

Workshop Lecturers:

Professor Roslyn Boyd – Scientific Director of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
Doctor Sue Brennan – Cochrane Australia GRADE trainer, Monash University
Professor Robert Ware – Biostatistician, Clinical Epidemiologist, Griffith University
Professor Leanne Sakzewski – Conjoint Professor of Allied Health, Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland and Children’s Health Queensland.
Mr David Honeyman - Librarian, University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, Mater Research
Doctor Andrea Burgess – Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Occupational Therapist, Queensland Cerebral Palsy Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland

The UQ Australian Cerebral Palsy Health Clinical CRE (commencing November 2025) aims to foster and develop current and future leaders in cerebral palsy research and clinical practice. Our vision for the future workforce for children with Cerebral Palsy is national capacity building comprising individuals (Medical/Allied health) with expertise in more than on key area of research and/or training (basic science/neuroscience, epidemiology, clinical/health services initiatives, and translation/implementation). The interdisciplinary nature and depth of research across broad research areas will enable clinical training across multiple discipline including: Medical, Newborn Medicine, Paediatrics, Neurology, Neurogenetics, Orthopaedics; Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Biomechanics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Knowledge Translation.

For more information about the event, please email qcprrc@uq.edu.au.