Research by an inter-professional team from Queen's University highlights the educational needs and gaps of researchers conducting systematic reviews (McKeown et al., 2021). This inter-professional team has set out to develop an open access module series titled The Essentials of Conducting Systematic Reviews to introduce researchers to all stages of the systematic review process.
The module series is being developed in collaboration by:
Sandra McKeown (MLIS): conceptualization; project administration; accreditation; funding acquisition; visualization; writing – original content; writing - review and editing; supervision.
Dr. Jennifer Ritonja: conceptualization; funding acquisition; writing – original content; writing – review and editing; supervision.
Dr. Eleftherios Soleas: conceptualization; accreditation; funding acquisition; visualization.
Dr. Zuhaib Mir: conceptualization; accreditation; funding acquisition.
Lucy Mackrell (PhD candidate): writing – original content; writing – review and editing.
Matthew Jalink (PhD candidate): writing - original content.
The module series was made possible by funding from the Ontario Library Association, Queen’s University, and Queen’s University Library.
Module content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only.
The Essentials of Conducting Systematic Reviews module series is currently under development and content will be added/linked as it becomes available.
Module 1: Introduction to Systematic Reviews
Module 2: Formulating Review Questions and Protocols
Module 3: Searching for Eligible Studies
Module 5: Extracting Data
Module 6: Assessing Risk of Bias
Module 7: Interpreting and Disseminating Results
Module 8: Utilizing Software Tools for Reviews
McKeown, S., Mir, Z., Ritonja, J., & Soleas, E. (2021). Systematic review support received and needed by researchers: a survey of libraries supporting Ontario medical schools. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal De l’Association Des bibliothèques De La Santé Du Canada, 42(3). https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29571