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!

Course Information

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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

Has someone already done this?

Where should you look?

Survey existing research

Assess existing research

Build your team

Manage Conflict of Interest

Stakeholder Conflict of Interest

Create an analytic framework

What is an analytic framework?

When are these frameworks helpful?

Decoding framework symbols

DIY: Build Analytic Framework

Next steps