Systematic approach to systematic reviews

Monday, May 5, 2025

01:00 PM to 02:00 PM | Via Zoom


Event Description

Systematic reviews must adhere to a strict scientific design based on explicit, pre-specified and reproducible methods in order to provide reliable, unbiased evidence. This session will provide an overview of the systematic review process and the steps and methods required to conduct a systematic review. After this session, participants will be able to: •Understand the importance of systematic reviews in research and medicine •Describe the difference between narrative reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. •Clearly define the clinical question to be addressed •Select search terms, identify relevant databases, and manage search results for a sample clinical question •Understand what is involved in screening and critically appraising studies and extracting and analyzing data; identify freely available and fee-based tools to assist with these steps of the process •Ensure that journal publisher requirements for systematic reviews are met

Target Audience

All Faculty

Speaker(s)

Rachel Schwartz, MLS
Research & Education Librarian, D. Samuel Gottesma

This event will held via Zoom.

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