This workshop will show participants how to use the Evidence Review Accelerator (TERA) and how it fits into review workflows to improve the speed and quality of conducting systematic reviews.
The workshop will comprise live demonstrations of TERA, conducted by the TERA developers and expert users of the tools. The live demonstration will be interspersed with hands on tutorials in using the tools. Interactive feedback with the presenters will be encouraged, and sufficient time for this is incorporated in the design of the workshop. The expert skills of the presenters in both conducting reviews and using the tools is a key component of the workshop. All the tools in the workshop are free and available to be used via the Evidence Review Accelerator website: https://tera-tools.com/
The workshop will comprise of the following plan:
- Brief introduction.
- Interactive component with the presenters and participants designing and writing a review using the Methods Wizard.
- Demonstration of creating focused searches using the Word Frequency Analyser, SearchRefiner, Polyglot Search Translator and the Deduplicator.
- Demonstration of Generative AI powered screening using MechaScreener.
- Demonstration of citation searching with SpiderCite.
- Interactive discussion and demonstration of the meta-analysis tools, MetaInsight, MetaDTA, MetaWise.
- Using TERA Farmer to test whether all relevant studies have been found.
Attendees will learn how to integrate the automation tools into their research workflows to improve the speed with which their research can be done.
Event Details
Date: 15 October 2025
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Gregor Heiner Theatre, Building 5, Level 3
This event is open to anyone conducting a systematic or scoping review, can be external, as well as internal Bond staff and students.
Morning tea will be provided.