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Library Education: Research and Information Skills Training

Systematic Review Training

LIB1207 - Systematic Review Methodology

This training will present an overview of systematic review methodology including planning a review protocol, conducting a scoping search and a systematic literature search, screening retrieved resources for relevance, assessing their quality and synthesising evidence into a final report.  

After attending this overview participants are encouraged to request a meeting with a Librarian for assistance with constructing a search strategy for their specific project.
 

At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the systematic review process and procedure and what is required.
  • Plan for a review protocol and know where to register it.
  • Understand quality appraisal checklists.
  • Define a clearly focused review question and establish inclusion/ exclusion criteria.
  • Construct a search strategy in a health database, translate across other databases and document the search strategy.  Understand the need to identify relevant unpublished/grey literature sources.
  • Export references into EndNote, remove duplicates and use EndNote groups.
  • Understand the screening process and report via PRISMA.
  • Be aware of systematic review handbooks, toolkits and other resources.

Book via My Health Learning (search on the title or course code after logging in) or EventBrite or contact your Library to arrange an appointment for yourself or your team.

You can view a recording of this training session (from 26.3.25) from THIS LINK

Contact the Library if the link does not work for you - allow time for the link request to be approved.

Key resources for Systematic Review Methodoogy:

Cochrane Handbooks

JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis

JBI Critical Appraisal Tools (including checklist for systematic reviews)

PRISMA resources (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)

PROSPERO (an international registry of systematic review protocols)

Library guides (Western Sydney University, Sydney, Monash)