Conducting a Systematic Review: a practical guide
This modular course aims to assist you in understanding more about how to effectively and systematically search for literature to include in your systematic Importance of comprehensiveness (identifying all studies within the eligibility criteria), transparency, and reproducibility. Also, brief introduction to supplementary searches. will take participants through the process of conducting a systematic review.
The course will cover how to formulate an answerable research question, define inclusion and exclusion criteria, search for the evidence, carry out critical appraisal, extract data, and perform a narrative synthesis (method to summarize by using words), or a meta-analysis (statistical methods resulting in a pooled effect). In addition, report writing and dissemination of findings.
The course is structured into six modules, beginning with an introductory module (Module 1), followed by modules that cover each stage of the systematic review process. All participants are required to complete Module 1, after which they may choose to complete the remaining modules or select any two or three of the subsequent modules.
There are currently no upcoming dates available for this course, but you can register your interest by completing the form below.
Register your interestWho it’s for
This course is tailored to:
- social care researchers
- health care researchers
- healthcare professionals
- information specialists and librarians
- PhD students
- policy makers
What you’ll learn
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- develop a focused question for your systematic review
- decide what form of evidence review is most appropriate
- identify the evidence to answer your review question
- assess the quality/validity of the identified evidence
- synthesise and present results to meet the needs of clinicians and other researchers
- develop a strategy to publicise the results
The course will give you an excellent understanding of all the steps required for undertaking a systematic review.
Topics covered
- steps to developing a focused research question
- searching the literature
- study selection
- data extraction
- critical appraisal
- selecting, appraising and extracting studies
- applying AI tools during the systematic review process
- meta-analysis and narrative synthesis
- report writing and dissemination
Benefits
This modular course guides participants through the systematic review process, focusing on practical skills rather than theory.
The course aims to give participants a solid understanding of systematic reviews and an introduction to the skills needed to conduct one.
Highly interactive, it includes discussions, group activities, and hands-on exercises.
Teh course consists of six half-day morning sessions spanning over two months. Tutors will be available to address any questions trroughout the course.
