This video series is really helpful to provide a step by step overview of the process.
Learn about librarian and information specialist support of evidence synthesis with this comprehensive course compiled by experts in the library sciences. This course is for librarians, practitioners of library science, those working with research faculty and students, or anyone wanting to understand the core components of evidence synthesis.
The Evidence Synthesis Institute is a training program aimed at library staff supporting evidence syntheses in topics outside of the health sciences, and is fully funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The teaching slides from this institute are available here and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Slides cover all aspects of the evidence synthesis process and much of the content is applicable to researchers as well as librarians.
Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offered through Coursera, describes and provides instruction for completing all stages of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Cochrane Interactive Learning provides tutorials for performing systematic reviews on health-related topics. Module 1: Introduction to Conducting Systematic Reviews is free if you sign up for a Cochrane account.
INASP provides a free search strategies tutorial to teach users how to clearly define and describe a search topic, identify suitable search terms, pick the best platform(s) on which to search, and use tools and techniques to refine and modify your search.
PubMed comprises more than 32 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. The PubMed Trainer's Toolkit contains instruction materials and short tutorials for navigating PubMed.
This report presents methodological standards for systematic reviews that are designed to inform everyday healthcare decision making, especially for patients, clinicians and other healthcare providers, and developers of clinical practice guidelines. The focus is on the development and reporting of comprehensive, publicly funded systematic reviews of the comparative effectiveness of therapeutic medical or surgical interventions.
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official guide that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.
The Joanna Briggs Institute and its Collaborating Entities promote and support the synthesis, transfer and utilisation of evidence through identifying feasible, appropriate, meaningful and effective healthcare practices to assist in the improvement of healthcare outcomes globally. The JBI Reviewers’ Manual is designed to provide authors with a comprehensive guide to conducting JBI systematic reviews. It describes in detail the process of planning, undertaking and writing up a systematic review using JBI methods.
The Campbell Collaboration is an international network that supports the preparation and
dissemination of high quality systematic reviews of research evidence on the effectiveness of
social programs, policies, and practices.
This document articulates the policies that pertain to the nature and production of Campbell
systematic reviews as approved by the Campbell Collaboration Steering Group.
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