Lorna Burns

Academic profile

Lorna Burns

Associate Head of Postgraduate Taught
Peninsula Dental School (Faculty of Health)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Lorna's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 03: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingGoal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 08: SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic GrowthGoal 10: SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Teaching

Evidence synthesis teaching in the Faculty of Health  

Including:

  • Systematic reviews and other types of evidence synthesis
  • Advanced literature searching for systematic reviews
  • Systematic review and rapid review methods
  • Critical appraisal and quality assessment
  • Reference management using EndNote
  • Statistics and meta analysis
  • Data synthesis and charting

Supervision of MSc Masters projects (evidence synthesis)
Support also given to the evidence-based curriculum at undergraduate level

 

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