Searching is the data gathering part of a systematic review. This page provides a list of resources required to complete the steps after the literature search.
Intitute of Medicine. Standards for Systematic ReviewsFinding What Works in Health Care
Standards for Systematic Reviews. nstitute of Medicine (US) Committee on Standards for Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness Research; Editors: Jill Eden, Laura Levit, Alfred Berg, and Sally Morton.
Systematic Reviewing Courses
AHRQ Training Modules for the Systematic Review Methods GuideDesigned to training modules to familiarize new investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in AHRQ's Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.
Coursera: Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisWe will introduce methods to perform systematic reviews and meta-analysis of clinical trials. We will cover how to formulate an answerable research question, define inclusion and exclusion criteria, search for the evidence, extract data, assess the risk of bias in clinical trials, and perform a meta-analysis.
PRISMA StatementMoher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009) Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097 http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097
PRESS (Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies)Sampson M, M. J., Lefebvre C, Moher D, Grimshaw J. (2008). PRESS: Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health.
Scoping Reviews - Methods/Reporting Guidelines
PRISMA for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR)The checklist contains 20 essential reporting items and 2 optional items to include when completing a scoping review.
JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: Scoping ReviewsPeters MDJ, Godfrey C, McInerney P, Munn Z, Tricco AC, Khalil, H. Chapter 11: Scoping Reviews (2020 version). In: Aromataris E, Munn Z (Editors). JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis, JBI, 2020. Available from https://synthesismanual.jbi.global. https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-20-12
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