This course aims to introduce participants to the methodology of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. It is taught by a team of systematic reviewers, research synthesis methodologists, information ...

The aim of this popular course is to provide participants with an understanding of the processes and methods for conducting systematic reviews and meta-analysis in health care. Newly updated for 2023, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a “stronger, more systematic” review process for chemicals in food. The US government agency said in a statement, citing US Department of Health ...

The Systematic Reviews and Critical Appraisal Techniques module is led by Angie Ryan. It runs in the Spring semester and is worth 15 credits. This module is designed to familiarise students with ...

ROBIS is a new tool for assessing the risk of bias in systematic reviews (rather than in primary studies). ROBIS has been developed using rigorous methodology and is currently aimed at four broad ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto and University of Calgary have developed an innovative approach that uses artificial intelligence to streamline the screening process for systematic reviews, a ...

The process of selecting relevant studies is common to all systematic reviews; the other steps are discussed below in relation to the major types of review questions. The same rigour should be applied ...

Reviewing evidence is an explicit, systematic and transparent process that can be applied to both quantitative (experimental and observational) and qualitative evidence (see the chapter on developing ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will evaluate the current standards for high-quality systematic reviews for comparative effectiveness research and ...