Conducting a Systematic Review: a practical guide
The aim of the course is to equip participants with an understanding of the systematic review process and an introduction to the skills necessary to conduct a review.
The course is practical and highly interactive with a range of discussion, group and hands-on sessions. It is envisaged that participants will come to the course with a research topic and leave with a draft protocol for their systematic review. However, you’re welcome to join if you don’t have a specific topic and would like to gain systematic review skills for future work.
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:
- postgraduate healthcare researchers
- healthcare professionals
- policy makers
- information specialists and librarians
Cardiff University staff and Health & Care Research Wales researchers may be eligible for a reduced course fee of £650. Please contact Mala Mann at mannmk@cardiff.ac.uk before booking.
What you’ll learn
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- develop a focused question
- identify the evidence to answer that question
- assess the quality/validity of the identified evidence
- decide what form of evidence synthesis is most appropriate
- present and tabulate results
- develop a strategy to publicise the results
- synthesise and present results to meet the needs of clinicians and other researchers
Topics covered
- steps to developing a focused research question
- identifying the literature
- selecting, appraising and extracting studies
- meta-analysis or narrative synthesis
- report writing and dissemination
- applying AI tools during the systematic review process
Benefits
- interactive skills development.
- come with a topic.
- leave with an outline protocol.
- tutors with extensive systemic review experience
Teaching and useful information
During those afternoons, at your own pace and convenience, you will be able to put into practice what you have learnt. Either work on example questions or work on your specific systematic review questions and searches. There will be tutor support during the afternoons to facilitate your independent study activities.
We will confirm timings, provide learning materials, and other information (such as login details) in the two weeks leading up to your course.
