Classes & Events

Event Details: This month we are joined by Jo Weech, Research Transparency Program Manager at the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences BITSS. Jo supports teams working on academic forecasting, evidence aggregation, and reporting in economics. In addition to its research projects, BITSS hosts an annual conference and course ...

This 60-minute class will introduce participants to an array of AI tools that can enhance and streamline research workflows. Use cases will focus on the following topics: Writing assistance Brainstorming Literature searching Medical reference Plagiarism detection Text-to-speech, article summaries Image generation Tools will include ChatGPT, Elicit, ResearchRabbit, Stanford Secure GPT, Proofig, and more. Please note: This class will ...

Need evidence for patient care or a quality improvement project? This session covers quick, practical search strategies using medical literature databases and AI-assisted tools to help busy nurses and health care providers find reliable research.  Learning objectives: Use the search interfaces of key literature databases (e.g. PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, JBI EBP database) ...

This 60-minute workshop introduces Gemini Notebook, an AI-powered research and study tool that transforms self-selected collection of sources - articles, clinical guidelines, meeting notes, datasets, and more - into infographics, audio summaries, quizzes, and flash cards. Participants will learn how Notebook bases its responses exclusively on the materials users upload, ...

Systematic reviews are a cornerstone of evidence-based medicine, designed to synthesize research findings using transparent, reproducible, and rigorous methods. This session introduces the foundational principles of systematic reviews, with an emphasis on what it takes to produce a high-quality, publication-ready evidence synthesis project. Participants will explore the major steps of the ...

Researchers today confront an enormous and seemingly overwhelming flood of scientific literature, blogs, podcasts, and more. Fortunately, there are some excellent tools that can help you filter and organize the information that best matches your areas of interest. This workshop will provide a close look at: Powerful biology/medicine article recommendation databases ...