Suggested Learning Path
5 of 26 courses
Core Courses
Real R datasets
Small Meta-Analysis Lab: Real Data, Reproducible Answers
Twenty-five new in-lesson micro-challenges using published R datasets of just 5–6 independent studies. Recalculate mortality risk differences, explore real trial removal, compare dependent outcomes, check a Bayesian prior and reproduce the source analysis in R. Embedded throughout the flagship course.Start here · source-verified
New to Meta-Analysis? Six Decisions With Real Trial Data
An untimed guided first investigation using published R datasets: interpret original death counts, calculate an absolute risk difference, predict a study's influence, distinguish heterogeneity from certainty, and receive source-linked recommendations.Real R data · new-data practice
When the Denominator Changes the Story — Seven Decisions
Investigate six documented historical atrial-fibrillation trials; commit person-time, effect-scale and clinical-population decisions before viewing worked feedback. Open-book practice, not a validated examination or current clinical guidance.Independent reviewer teamwork
Two-Person Screening & Adjudication Exchange
Two humans work separately on authentic archival study records, export independent JSON decision packs, and then compare disagreements with transparent written adjudication. Local files, no account or cloud service; labels do not authenticate people.Research Studio · AllMeta apps
Research Studio — Six-Stage Interactive Meta-Analysis Practicum
Go from a locally frozen protocol to independent archive-row screening, retrospective real trial evidence updates, source-verified risk differences in AllMeta, peer-review challenges and a downloadable reproducible capstone.Real-data research simulator
Evidence Decision Arena — Investigate, Reanalyse, Defend
Take on three authentic small meta-analysis datasets. Commit an inclusion rule before seeing results, predict a real trial's influence, change study selections on a live uncertainty plot, answer a peer-review challenge and export your own evidence decision record.Interactive practice
Synthesis Mission Lab — 25 Hands-on Investigations
Go beyond slides and quizzes: two-reviewer screening, dynamic forest plots, Bayesian prior mixer, PICO games, risk-of-bias detective work, team debates and an exportable evidence dossier.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