Searching for adverse effects of medical devices in MEDLINE and Embase

In this webinar, Dr Su Golder NIHR Research Fellow, Health Sciences, at the University of York will discuss: - Importance of medical device adverse effects - Problems with searching for medical device adverse effects - Approaches to searching for medical device adverse effects - Research into search filters for medical device adverse effects Dr Su Golder is a qualified information specialist with over 20 years' experience. She has worked in lots of different settings and has a wide breadth of experience in supporting systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. She has specialist expertise in systematic review methodology and systematic reviews of adverse effects and has taught in this field. Her PhD on optimising the retrieval of adverse effects data was funded by the MRC and has made an important contribution to the retrieval of information on adverse effects both nationally and internationally. Her current research is on the use of unpublished data, text mining and social media to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the retrieval of adverse effects data and has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and began in January 2015 on a part-time basis.