A systematic review collates and synthesises the findings from critically appraised studies to provide high-level evidence in answer to a clearly formulated question.

This workshop covers:

• overview of key steps in conducting a systematic review
• introduction to key guidelines and reporting standards
• key elements in a protocol
• selecting appropriate databases
• developing an answerable research question
• creating a search strategy balancing precision and inclusiveness
• remapping the strategy across different search platforms

Undertaking a scoping review instead? The systematic approach to searching covered in this workshop is also part of scoping review methodology, and both review types will be accommodated.

Please note: the Systematic Review series primarily supports health disciplines. If you are undertaking a review where you need to search systematically/comprehensively, but are not following specific systematic review methodology, you may find that the EDGE sessions ‘Searching for your literature review’ and ‘Finding grey literature’ better meet your needs.