HRM773 Systematic Review Methods (Online)
Course Permission and Pre-requisite Proposal Form
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Program: ☐ MSc ☐ PhD
Please note:
 You must complete this form to be considered for HRM773.
 Permissions will be assessed as they are received. However, please expect to wait 2-3 weeks for a response.
 Space is limited in all online HRM courses. Therefore, permissions are valid for two weeks from date of
approval to ensure students register in a timely manner.
 Please submit your completed form to Dr. Soo Chan Carusone (chansy@mcmaster.ca)
1.
Do you have the appropriate course prerequisites (HRM 721/771 & HRM 702)? If not, please describe your
equivalent course-based or professional experience.
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☐ No
☐ Yes
☐ No
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2.
Have you taken the anti-requisite (HRM743)?
3.
Why do you want to take this online course instead of its class-based equivalent?
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4.
Each student will be assigned to a tutorial group. Tutorials will be held at the end of each week via the
McMaster web conferencing tool, MacLive (Elluminate). Please select your preferred tutorial time and we will
do our best to accommodate your preference
☐ Friday 08:00 AM EST
☐ Friday 12:00 PM EST
☐ Doesn’t matter
5.
Please state your research question and its components.
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Population: Click here to enter text.
Intervention: Click here to enter text.
Control:
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Outcomes: Click here to enter text.
Example:
Among caregivers of people with dementia residing in the community does relaxation or music therapy interventions compared
to no relaxation or music therapy interventions affect levels of anxiety, depression, and institutionalization?
Population: caregivers of people with dementia residing in the community
Intervention: relaxation or music therapy interventions
Control: no psychosocial interventions
Outcomes: anxiety, depression, and institutionalization of person with dementia
6.
Why is your research question important? Please provide a short rationale for selecting this question (preferably
not more than 100 words).
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Example:
Anxiety is common among the caregivers of people with dementia and those with anxiety are also more likely to have
poorer physical health and less effective coping styles (1). Research studies and systematic reviews demonstrate the
usefulness of relaxation and music therapy for reducing anxiety symptoms among caregivers (e.g.) (2,3). However, it is not
clear whether relaxation and music therapy are useful in reducing symptoms among caregivers that reside in the
community with their loved ones (versus living apart). A systematic review of the literature of controlled clinical trials may
demonstrate whether specific strategies should be targeted toward specific groups of caregivers.
References:
(1) Cooper C, Balamurali TB, Livingston G. A systematic review of the prevalence and covariates of anxiety in caregivers
of people with dementia. Int Psychogeriatr. 2007 Apr;19(2):175-95. Epub 2006 Sep 28.
(2) Cooper C, Balamurali TB, Selwood A, Livingston G. A systematic review of intervention studies about anxiety in
caregivers of people with dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;22(3):181-8.
(3) Guetin S, Portet F, Picot MC, Defez C, Pose C, Blayac JP, Touchon J. [Impact of music therapy on anxiety and
depression for patients with Alzheimer's disease and on the burden felt by the main caregiver (feasibility study)].
Encephale. 2009 Feb;35(1):57-65. Epub 2008 Feb 20.
7.
Please provide references to at least 2 RCTs that meet your envisioned eligibility criteria to demonstrate that
relevant studies are actually available and so that you do not have to change the topic of your review during the
course due to lack of relevant studies.
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2.
8.
Jared H, Zhong Y, Rowe M, Ebisutani K, Tanaka T, Takase N. Clinical trial of a novel interdental brush cleaning
system. The Journal of Clinical Dentistry 2005;16(2):47–52.
Schiff T, Proskin HM, Zhang YP, Petrone M, DeVizio W. A clinical investigation of the efficacy of three different
treatment regimens for the control of plaque and gingivitis. The Journal of Clinical Dentistry 2006;17(5):138–44.
You will need one or more review partners whose responsibilities will include helping with study selection (i.e.
title and abstract screening, full text screening), data abstraction and, optionally, with assessment of risk of bias
in individual studies and overall quality of evidence for each outcome across studies. The time commitment
required for your second reviewer(s) will be at least 10 hours depending on the scope of your review. Hence,
your second reviewer(s) should also have basic understanding of the subject matter and critical appraisal. Please
make sure that your partner understands the commitment and agrees to participate. If your partner is a student
taking this course you must have different research questions.
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9.
You will need support from a librarian experienced in searching health sciences databases who can assist you in
developing and executing your search strategy. Please describe the librarian support you have and/or plan to
use.
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10. Please tell us if there is any additional information about yourself or your proposal that you think is relevant and
has not been captured elsewhere on this form?
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Approval:
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