A comprehensive introductory course on systematic review and meta-analysis simultaneously delivered in-person and online in Cameroon

It was a 3-h course which took place on Saturday 13 August 2022 at the Study Room of Fishboard SARL in Yaounde with participants having the possibility to attend in-person or online through the Zoom app. Fishboard SARL is a private company based in the Emana District of Yaounde which promotes education and learning through a wide range of services. Its Study Room is a mini-conference hall that has been specially designed to host pedagogical events with Wi-Fi, up-to-date video-audio systems, and a premium Zoom subscription to enable active distance participation.

The event was officially announced one week earlier using a flyer and a 30-s invitation video (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6961540496259223552) both in the English and French languages. These were posted on social media and allowed to be shared without boosting. We restricted in-person invitation to potential participants with initial training in research method including but not limited to university lecturers, post-doctoral fellows, PhD holders, students at the doctoral schools, public health professionals, residents in medicine, and specialist medical doctors. We verified the identity of all those who manifested their interest in participating in the event and saved their credentials onto an excel sheet.

It was a comprehensive course which covered introductory materials including an overview of current guidelines to write systematic review protocols and final reports, as well as many key references for further reads. The central idea was to provide an engaging presentation that would allow attendees to ask questions as the presentation unfolds. The course was totally free for all participants and no incentives were given in any form. The event was entirely funded by the organizers.

The course was recorded with the Zoom app and the recording was later on made freely available on YouTube. The PowerPoint presentation that was used was also emailed to all the participants who requested it.

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