Suggested Learning Path
5 of 26 courses
Core Courses
Core
Evidence Reversal: A Meta-Analysis Course
The flagship course. Covers the full meta-analysis journey through storytelling, interactive tools, and spaced repetition.Core
Meta-Analysis Methods: From Question to Conclusion
Comprehensive methods course covering effect sizes, heterogeneity, forest plots, and statistical pooling.Core
Meta-Analysis Topic Selection: The Right Question
Learn to formulate answerable research questions and identify gaps in the evidence landscape.Core
The Covenant of Evidence: Writing the Meta-Analysis Paper
From protocol to publication: structuring, writing, and presenting your systematic review.Core
GRADE: The Art of Judging Evidence
Master the GRADE framework for rating certainty of evidence, including all five downgrading and three upgrading factors.Core
Risk of Bias Mastery: The Hidden Threats
Deep dive into RoB domains: allocation, blinding, attrition, selective reporting, and confounding.Methods & Techniques
Methods
Advanced Meta-Analysis: Beyond the Basics
Network meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, MASEM, dose-response modeling, and interactive Plotly visualizations.Methods
The Hidden Patient: Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
IPD methods for accessing patient-level data, one-stage and two-stage models, and data sharing frameworks.Methods
Publication Bias Detective: The Evidence That Never Saw Light
Investigate missing evidence with interactive funnel plots, trim-and-fill, p-curves, and selection models.Methods
When The Test Lies: Diagnostic Test Accuracy (Latest)
Sensitivity, specificity, ROC curves, HSROC models, and 2x2 table exercises for DTA meta-analysis.Methods
Observational Evidence: When RCTs Are Impossible
Methods for synthesizing observational studies, handling confounding, and applying ROBINS-I.Methods
Qualitative Evidence Synthesis: Understanding the Why
GRADE-CERQual, thematic synthesis, meta-ethnography, and integrating qualitative with quantitative evidence.Specialty Reviews
Specialty
Umbrella Reviews: The Review of Reviews
Overview methodology for synthesizing multiple systematic reviews on related questions.Specialty
Living Reviews: Future of the Field
Continuous evidence surveillance, update triggers, sustainability planning, and COVID-era lessons.Specialty
Rapid Reviews & Evidence Synthesis in Crisis
Streamlined methods for producing trustworthy evidence under time pressure: 40 hours, not 40 days.Specialty
Prognostic Reviews: Predicting Patient Futures
Synthesizing prognostic factor and prediction model studies, including PROBAST and CHARMS.Applied & Regional
Applied
Health Technology Assessment: The Oman Journey
ICER, QALY, budget impact, and cost-effectiveness analysis contextualized for GCC health systems.Applied
TruthCert Africa: When Numbers Speak Truth
Evidence certification, provenance verification, and trust chains for African health data systems.Applied FR
TruthCert Afrique : Quand les Chiffres Disent la Vérité
Version française du cours TruthCert pour les systèmes de santé africains francophones.Applied
When Certainty Kills: The CAST Story
A cautionary case study on how overconfident evidence interpretation led to patient harm.Meta, Planning & Career
The Silicon Scribe: AI in Meta-Analysis
ASReview, validated prompt libraries, AI-assisted screening, and a consumer's guide for reading AI reviews.META-SPRINT: 40 Days to Trustworthy Evidence
A structured 5-phase sprint methodology with gates, CondGO emergency framework, and the Colchicine case.Becoming a Methodologist: The Path Less Traveled
Career guidance for aspiring methodologists: skills, portfolios, niches, and practitioner stories.Earlier DTA Course Versions (v1 – v3) (3 courses)
Methods
When The Test Lies: DTA Course (v1)
Original DTA course covering diagnostic accuracy fundamentals.Methods
When The Test Lies: DTA Course Enhanced (v2)
Enhanced version with branching scenarios and improved content.Methods