Report Your Findings

This is the final part in a series of online courses about how to conduct a systematic review. If you haven’t completed the other steps yet, please visit our homepage to start from the beginning.

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 ready to report your findings, let’s get started!

Course Information

FREE

Getting Started

How to Begin

Follow Instructions

Establish Authorship

Think Visually

Protect Your Credibility: Check Your Work!

Read the PRISMA Statement

One More Thing

Title

Title Format

Back to PICO(D)

Examples of Titles

Build Your Title

Abstract

What to do First

Abstract Format

Abstract Lengths

Structured Abstract Example

Abstract Example Continued

Build Your Abstract

Check Yourself

Introduction

Begin at the Beginning

Building a Better Introduction

Background Statement

Problem Statement

Activity + Forecasting Statements

Four Part Introduction

Write a Quick Introduction

Methods

Organize Your Methods

Method Subheading Examples

Example Continued

Example Continued 2

Write a Quick Methods Section

Results

Getting the Data Right

Avoid Math Mistakes

Use Descriptive Names

Use Descriptive Figure Captions

Figure Captions, Continued

Introduce a Result

Put Data in Figures or Tables

Be Careful About ‘Significant’

DIY: Discuss Your Results

Visualize Your Data

The Summary Table

Summary Table Example

The Study Flowchart

The Forest Plot

Other Visualizations

Supplemental Materials

Discussion

Critique

Itemize

DIY: Write a Discussion

One Last Step

DIY: Conflict

Now You’re Done!