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Systematic & Scoping Review Guide

Overview

There are six (6) main steps involved in completing a systematic review before writing up your results. They include, but are not limited to, formulating a research question, writing a review protocol for publication, determining your inclusion/exclusion criteria for studies, searching for eligible studies, data extraction, and critical appraisal.

Scoping reviews involve steps 1 through 5 only.

Using the navigation on the left of this guide will lead you to details for each step.