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This one-hour online training in the NIH Library Evidence Synthesis Review series provides an overview on establishing your inclusion and exclusion criteria and then using those criteria to conduct the screening steps to select relevant studies for your review.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Describe what the eligibility criteria are and how to use them
Join us monthly for our virtual office hours, designed to help new and current Covidence users maximize their use of the software. Covidence is screening software used to conduct various types of reviews (e.g., systematic, scoping, literature, etc.). Each monthly virtual office hours will focus on one or two Covidence features with ample opportunity provided for attendee questions and problem-solving. Whether you are a new or existing Covidence user, there will be something helpful for you to learn.
What is evidence synthesis?
Evidence synthesis is a process of identifying, selecting, and combining multiple studies to inform practice and policy decisions around a topic or specific research question.
Watch a short video from Cochrane [Cochrane, 3 minutes] that explains what evidence synthesis is and why we need it.
What is Covidence?
Writing The Review | Using PRISMA | Selecting a Credible Journal | Getting Writing & Publishing Support
At this stage, you completed screening, collecting, cleaning, and synthesizing your data and are ready to start writing your manuscript.
This one-hour online training in the NIH Library Evidence Synthesis Review series provides an overview of the reporting guidelines used for writing your review manuscript including how to structure the manuscript and select an appropriate journal for submission.
By the end of this training attendees will be able to:
Understand the importance of using a guideline for writing the review
