How To Conduct A Systematic Review: Introduction

A high level overview of primary research on a focused question that identifies, selects, synthesizes, and appraises all high quality research evidence relevant to that question. 

Systematic reviews have the potential to be used in clinical practice and inform evidence-based guidelines due to the research methodologies used to combine data and remove bias,

A systematic review typically includes the following components:

• Abstract
• Introduction or Background
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion or Conclusions
• References

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Based on a guide created by Lynn Kysh, MLIS, Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California.