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. 2017 Mar 15;6:56. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0446-2

Table 5.

Human resources required

Role Training and expertise Responsibilities
Principal investigator, project supervisor and coordinator (2 days/week) ▸ PhD ecotoxicology; professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine; systematic review author; Cochrane-certified trainer for systematic review authors ▸ Plan the review process
▸ Train team members in systematic reviewing (in groups and individually)
▸ Organize team meetings
▸ Liaise with the graphic designer
▸ Critically revise all DB content
Project coordinator ▸ Research associate (pharmacist, PhD epidemiology) with experience in the conduct of one systematic review ▸ Act as primary resource to all team members
▸ Liaise with the biostatistician
▸Transform probabilities
▸ Revise the GRADE assessments
Reviewers (n = 10) ▸ 4 undergraduate students (1 in psychology, 3 in medicine)
▸ 2 PhD students (psychology, clinical and biomedical sciences); each of them with experience in the conduct of one systematic review
▸ 1 postdoctoral fellow (PhD neuropsychology) with experience in the conduct of one systematic review
▸ 3 research assistants (PhD nutrition sciences, MSc public health, PhD epidemiology)
▸ Conduct all review steps
▸ Liaise with information specialist
▸ Work in teams for larger DBs
Graphic designer ▸ Specialization in the design of professional training and health promotion materials ▸ Prepare the final graphic version of each DB
Biostatistician ▸ MSc biostatistics ▸ Confirm data transformation
Experts
(n = 10)
▸ 5 healthcare providers: 1 physician (geriatrician), 2 nursing experts, 1 pharmacist, 1 social worker
▸ 1 informal caregiver
▸ 2 managers of community-based or institutional organizations
▸ Provide input and make suggestions to improve the DBs