The course on Systematic Reviews for Complex Interventions in Medicine and Public Health is a four-day training designed to introduce advanced methods for conducting systematic reviews and evidence synthesis in the context of complex medical and public health interventions. The course will explore how multiple interacting components and context dependency affects evidence generation and interpretation. Through an interactive and practice-oriented format, participants will examine key methodological challenges and approaches, including the use of logic models, searching strategies for complex interventions, non-randomised study designs, risk-of-bias assessment (ROB 2 and ROBINS-I), causal inference, and evidence synthesis with and without meta-analysis. The programme combines lectures, group discussions, exercises, and hands-on tutorials.

Target audience
This course is particularly relevant for scientists, healthcare and public health professionals, consultants, HTA and regulatory agency staff, industry professionals, and PhD, medical, and master’s students with an interest in systematic reviews and flexible evidence synthesis methods. While prior experience with systematic reviews is beneficial, only basic knowledge of evidence synthesis is expected.