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Systematic and Scoping Reviews: An Overview and Demonstration
September 30, 2022 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
| Location: | Online |
| Audience: | Current Students |
Description:
Knowledge synthesis, which includes systematic and scoping reviews, provides a rigorous, transparent, and reproducible method to answer a research question. Originating in the medical field this methodology is now used in many disciplines. This workshop will familiarize students with systematic and scoping reviews and introduce the steps for conducting a knowledge synthesis. Covidence is a workflow tool to help with gathering, sorting and extracting information when conducting a knowledge synthesis. A demonstration of the tool will be provided.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe different types of knowledge syntheses, including systematic and scoping reviews
- Determine which type of review is appropriate to answer a particular research question
- Articulate the steps in a knowledge synthesis
- Recognize the tool Covidence
Workshop leader(s):
Heather MacDonald
Please note: All graduate students and postdocs are welcome. If you are a TA, this session counts toward voluntary paid training hours, provided that you are working as a TA in the term when the training takes place.
Competencies:
Research & Analysis; Digital Literacy
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