Carrying Out a Systematic Review as a Master′s Thesis - Rumona
Dickson, M. Gemma Cherry and Angela Boland
Defining My Review Question and Identifying Inclusion Criteria - M.
Gemma Cherry and Rumona Dickson
Developing My Search Strategy and Applying Inclusion Criteria -
Yenal Dundar and Nigel Fleeman
Quality Assessment: Where Do I Begin? - Janette Greenhalgh and
Tamara Brown
Data Extraction: Where Do I Begin? - Nigel Fleeman and Yenal
Dundar
Understanding and Synthesizing My Numerical Data - Michaela
Blundell
Writing My Discussion and Conclusions - M. Gemma Cherry
Reviewing Qualitative Evidence - M. Gemma Cherry, Elizabeth
Perkins, Rumona Dickson and Angela Boland
Systematically Reviewing Economic Evaluations - Angela Boland,
Sophie Beale and M. Gemma Cherry
Planning and Managing My Review - Gerlinde Pilkington and Juliet
Hockenhull
Angela Boland has worked at LRiG (Liverpool Reviews and
Implementation Group) since it was established in 2001 and has
carried out many systematic reviews of both clinical
effectiveness and cost effectiveness of health care
interventions.
Gemma Cherry is a Lecturer in Clinical Health Psychology at the
University of Liverpool and an honorary clinical psychologist
(oncology) at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Prior to
qualifying as a clinical psychologist, she worked at LRiG for
several years, conducting systematic reviews, particularly in
the field of psychology.
Rumona Dickson has been involved in the conduct of systematic
reviews in health care for over 20 years and has been the Director
of LRiG since 2001.
My bookshelves are already laden with "How to do it" books on
systematic reviews – very few of these are readable, informative
and useful. But what do I do when I need to inform tomorrow’s
supervision meeting? Quite simply – I reach for this book!
*Andrew Booth*
The systematic review is frequently the pathway to the Master’s
degree for many students, and often key to the development of a
good research question. Students often find the systematic
critical review and synthesis of research relevant to their
research question daunting. This text provides a clear roadmap for
those engaging in the process. The text provides step-by-step
guidance through the systematic review, providing strategies for
success, with tables and process descriptions that are
extremely useful. Chapters align with the steps in the process and
address each component of the review with clarity and multiple
examples. While other texts may provide a broad overview of the
process, strengths of the current text include its attention to
detail, its practical approach to situations that may occur in the
process, and its inclusion of responses to questions frequently
asked by students. This text fills a gap with a much-needed
reference for students and professionals for whom research
evaluation is integral to success.
*Susan S. Levy*
This is an excellent book, ideally targeted at those undertaking
systematic reviews for a Master’s thesis, but also hugely useful
for PhD students. It provides detailed information in
accessible language presented in bite-sized chunks and thus can be
used as a staged guide throughout the process. A very useful
addition to the literature and one which I will be recommending to
colleagues and students.
*Dr Annette Lankshear, Reader in Health Policy*
Doing a Systematic Review is well-structured and tightly-packed
with practical advice. It is a rare book which goes beyond the more
general student textbooks on writing reviews. The book is
particularly useful for postgraduate students for its focus on what
the examiner wants, and offers a range of very practical snippets
of information on the process of writing a review. It will also be
a valuable resource for teachers wishing to improve their students’
writing, and for researchers who want to learn more about
conducting a systematic review to a high standard.
*Sophie Lecheler*
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