Evidence Synthesis Academy

Prepare Your Systematic Review Topic

Prepare Your Systematic Review Topic

This is the second course in a series of online classes about how to conduct a systematic review. In this course, we’ll talk about how to lay the groundwork for your systematic review.

For more background on what a systematic review is and how it might help you answer an important question, check out our intro course.

If you’re sure a systematic review is what you need, let’s get started!

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Why prepare your topic?

Why do you need to prepare your topic?
What are you trying to accomplish?
It all depends on your perspective
Your perspective, continued
DIY: Why are you conducting this research?

Question types 

What type of question should you ask?
Type of question, continued
DIY: Write a question

Review existing research

Review existing research
Has someone already done this?
Where should you look?
Survey existing research
Assess existing research

Build your team

Build your team
Manage Conflict of Interest
Stakeholder Conflict of Interest

Create an analytic framework

Create an analytic framework
What is an analytic framework?
When are these frameworks helpful?
Decoding framework symbols
DIY: Build Analytic Framework
Next steps

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