Systematic Reviews: not just for the health sciences
What is a systematic review? Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford University) defines it as “the application of strategies that limit bias in the assembly, critical appraisal, and synthesis of all relevant studies on a specific topic. Systematic reviews focus on peer-reviewed publications about a specific health problem and use rigorous, standardized methods for selecting and assessing articles.” But that’s just it… systematic reviews need not only be health related. There are basically 5 steps in the process: identify all...
