Section outline

  • MODULE 1: Designing A Systematic Review Protocol

    A - Introduction
    B - Choosing a topic for the review
    C- Protocol development & review question & defining PICO

    Faculty: Mohsen Malekinejad

    • Session Slides:

    • Module 1-A: Introduction File
    • Module 1-B: Choosing Topic File
    • Module 1-C: PICO Protocol File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Lecture 1 03.31.2022 Media Resource
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    • Recommended Cochrane Handbook sections:

      • Part 1 - Chapter 1: Introduction
      • Part 2 - Chapter 1: Starting a Review
      • Part 1 - Chapter 2: Planning a Cochrane review (sections: 2.1.1-2.1.2)
      • Part 2 - Chapter 2: Determining the scope of the review and the questions it will address
      • Part 2 - Chapter 3: Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis

    • Optional Reading:

      • Grant MJ, Booth A. A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Info Libr J. 2009. Jun;26(2):91-108.
      • Cooke A, Smith D, Booth A. Beyond PICO: the SPIDER tool for qualitative evidence synthesis. Qual Health Res. 2012;22(10):1435-43.
      • loannidis JP. The Mass Production of Redundant, Misleading, and Conflicted Systematic Reviews and Meta-anlaysis. Milbank Q. 2016 Sep;94(3):485-514.
      • Gough D, Thomas J, Oliver S. Clarifying differences between review designs and methods. Syst Rev. 2012 Jun 9;1:28. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-1-28. PMID: 22681772; PMCID: PMC3533815.

    • Additional resources:

    • Assignment: No assignment