Systematic and Scoping Reviews
Thursday, October 1, 2026 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
- Virtual event
Knowledge syntheses, which includes systematic and scoping reviews, provide 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.
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe systematic and scoping reviews
- Determine which type of review is appropriate to answer a particular research question
- Articulate the steps in a knowledge synthesis
Workshop leader(s):
Heather MacDonald, HS-STEM and Research Services Librarian
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.
For those registered in the Trajectories program, attendance at this workshop counts toward one of the required workshops for the Research Management non-credit Trajectories certificate.
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Systematic and Scoping Reviews (F2026)
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