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Have you ever felt lost conducting a literature review? How do you know you've covered enough of the literature? That's exactly what systematic reviews aim to solve by giving you a super structured process to follow.


In this episode, we're diving it why you might want to consider systematic reviews and crucially- how do you actually do one! It's time consuming, but it's not too confusing once you know how!


Lots of Links this week:


Where to register protocols?

What is a protocol?

Example Systematic Review from Julia 1

Example Systematic Review Protocol from Julia 1

Screening in Endnote 1

Screening in Endnote 2

Prisma Statement

CASP Quality Assessment

MMAP Quality Assessment

Prisma Write up

Literature review types and methods for synthesising findings

Book recommendation


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