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Systematic reviews are a complex undertaking and involves multiple steps in order to produce a quality systematic review. Our classes will provide an introduction to different types of systematic reviews, the overall review process, what a comprehensive literature search entails, development of a protocol, identification of screening criteria, suggestions for data collection and management, appropriate standards and guidelines to follow, and suggestions on how to write up your review for journal submission. The list below includes Systematic Review classes in our course catalog. Click the title of the class to view any upcoming sessions.
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.
This one-hour online training in the NIH Library Evidence Synthesis Review series provides an overview of writing and publishing or registering your review protocol. This training will cover what a review protocol is, how to develop one, and how to use it for the conduct of your review.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Explain the importance of writing a protocol for your review
This one-hour online training in the NIH Library Evidence Synthesis Review Series introduces techniques and frameworks to help build an answerable review question suitable for differing types of evidence synthesis reviews. This training presents well known frameworks such as PICO for systematic reviews, and PCC for scoping reviews and introduces some lesser-known frameworks that may be helpful. The training also touches on the requirements and process for the evidence synthesis literature review.
This 75-minute online training will provide information about Cochrane Library, a collection of databases with high-quality systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and clinical answers. The training will cover the key features of the search platform, the variety of resources and how to search them.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
This one-hour training will cover the methods of conducting a rapid review, using rigorous systematic review methodology but in a shorter time frame. Attendees will learn best practices, guidelines and the required methodological steps on how to complete an effective rapid review within a faster pace than a systematic review.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
This one-hour training will cover the key steps on how to conduct an umbrella review. Umbrella reviews, sometimes referred to as review of reviews, are a review of other published systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Attendees will learn the benefits, best practices, guidelines, and key steps on how to successfully conduct an umbrella review.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
This one-hour online introductory training in the NIH Library Evidence Synthesis Review Series provides a high-level overview of the complete process for conducting a Systematic Review. This training will cover each step for conducting a systematic review and introduce resources for conducting and reporting a systematic review.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
This one and a half hour online training in the NIH Library Evidence Synthesis Review series provides an overview on how to use Covidence, a web-based tool, for your review. The training covers the basic features of Covidence, including set-up, importing and exporting records, screening, data collection, and risk of bias assessment.
By the end of this training attendees will be able to:
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
