Evidence Synthesis Institute

#ESInstitute

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Welcome and Introductions

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https://native-land.ca/

Territory Acknowledgement

The University of Minnesota resides on Dakota land ceded in the Treaties of 1837 and 1851.

Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation).

Carnegie Mellon University is located on the ancestral lands of the Osage Nation.

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Towson University Land Acknowledgement

At least eight known nations or groups of American Indians are native to Maryland including the Susquehannock and the Nentego (Nanticoke). Today, the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs serves the following Maryland Indigenous communities:

• Accohannock Indian Tribe
• Assateague Peoples Tribe
• Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians
• Piscataway Conoy Tribe
• Piscataway Indian Nation
• Pocomoke Indian Nation
• Youghiogheny River Band of Shawnee Indians

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Resources:

• https://www.towson.edu/inclusionequity/diversity/recognizing-indigenous-people-land.html
• https://usdac.us/nativeland
• https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-further-reading-on-hcns-land-grants-university-investigation
• https://www.library.cornell.edu/communications/assets/land-acknowledgement
• https://ias.umn.edu/about/ias-land-acknowledgement
• https://cals.cornell.edu/american-indian-indigenous-studies/about/land-acknowledgment

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Code of Conduct

The Evidence Synthesis Institute organizers are committed to providing a virtual learning environment that is supportive, safe, and harassment-free. All participants are expected to follow this Code of Conduct (CoC) and communicate via an anonymous form if any violations are to be reported. The form will be actively monitored throughout the institute.

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Instructors

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Instructors

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Introduce Yourself!

Tell us your name and a little about your experience with systematic reviews and evidence synthesis.

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Goals of this Workshop

• Provide an overview of the evidence synthesis process and challenges outside of the health sciences
• Grow familiarity with techniques and tools used in systematic reviews and evidence synthesis
• Practice formulating questions and developing search strategies

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Course Materials & Agenda

https://pressbooks.umn.edu/evidencesynthesisinstitute/

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Why do we do this?

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What Questions Can ES Answer?

What effects does the flipped classroom have on student learning outcomes compared to traditional classrooms and what variables moderate the effects?

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What Questions Can ES Answer?

Do managed bees have negative effects on wild bees?

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What Questions Can ES Answer?

Does executive compensation predict publicly traded firms’ financial performance or inaccurate financial reporting?

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What Questions Can ES Answer?

Are video games an effective treatment (on their own or as an add‐on) for improving the well‐being and functioning of people with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder?

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What Questions Can ES Answer?

Are media literacy interventions effective at changing attitudes and intentions towards risky health behaviors in adolescents?

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Interacting and Asking Questions

• Use the Zoom chat throughout the Institute. Instructors will take turns monitoring chat and answering questions there. Chat transcripts will be emailed at the end of each day.
• Feedback survey will be sent out at the end of the Institute.

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Attendance!

• https://z.umn.edu/TUAttendance
• Certificate of completion
• Surveys
• Invitations to future symposia and conference

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