The Department of Family Studies within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta announces a four-day training workshop on systematic reviews, by Prof. Paul Montgomery.
The purpose of a systematic review is to sum up the best available research on a specific question. This is done by synthesising the results of several studies and it is currently being considered as the gold standard in research.
This workshop will offer participants the opportunity to learn about as well as practice skills required to conduct systematic reviews. The course will be taught by an eminent scholar with extensive experience on the matter who will be supervising the course participants carry out/conduct an actual systematic review.
The Department of Family Studies would like to invite academics as well as professionals in the areas of family therapy, psychotherapy, psychiatry, counselling, psychology, social work, health sciences and medicine to attend.
Students in these areas at Master’s level are also welcome.
The course will be held at the University of Malta Main Campus at Msida and it shall run as follows:
Monday from 09:00 to 15:00, Tuesday and Wednesday from 09:00 to 14:00 and Thursday 09:00 to 13:00.
Venue: IT Services TR108
The cost for the entire course is EUR 120 per participant and does not include refreshments.
Students fee is at EUR 60 per student and does not include refreshments.
Paul Montgomery is Professor of Social Intervention at the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham. Prof. Montgomery specialises in furthering the understanding of what interventions are actually effective in tackling complex psycho-social problems. His work encompasses a wide variety of different psycho-social problems affecting different population groups, from learning disabled children, through groups at risk of HIV to the demented elderly with sleep problems. He is an expert in the evaluation of psychosocial interventions for real-world practice using randomised trials, systematic reviews, and other evaluation designs. He is a former Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration Social Welfare Group, and an editor for the Cochrane Collaboration Developmental, Psychosocial, and Learning Problems Group. He has conducted numerous systematic reviews and randomised trials related to behavioural change and psychological interventions, and is the primary investigator for many research projects developing methodological guidelines, such as guidance on empty systematic reviews for the Cochrane Collaboration and reporting guidelines for randomised trials of social and psychological interventions via an extension of the CONSORT Statement.