led by Professor Jim Boyle, University of Strathclyde
Following this session students will be able to demonstrate an awareness of the advantages of systematic reviews over non-systematic reviews, and of the mechanics of conducting a systematic review.
The following steps will be considered: (i) formulating research questions; (ii) searching the literature (search strategies, databases, inclusion and exclusion criteria, search terms, reference management software, PRISMA flow diagram); (iii) data extraction; (iv) quality assessment (weight of evidence, critical appraisal checklists); (v) analysis and synthesis of systematic quantitative reviews, systematic qualitative reviews, systematic scoping reviews and umbrella reviews; and (vi) writing up the results. Toolkits for systematic reviews including generative AI tools will also be discussed.