Doing a Systematic Review: A Student′s Guide

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Throughout the book, the authors make extensive use of questions posed by real students when carrying out reviews to help you through some of the challenges you may face. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). It's an easy-to-read, confidence-giving book which I've read most of ( bad grammar there lol but I mean up to where I'm 'at' with my systematic review) and have referred back to when I've reached the "OMG! This is an excellent book, ideally targeted at those undertaking systematic reviews for a Master’s thesis, but also hugely useful for PhD students. The book is accompanied by an online guide for teaching, including videos, example documents, further reading, software recommendations and weblinks.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Although I would recommend reading this text from start to finish, it can also be used as a reference to guide students through each step of the process. Although most universities run short classes or modules on systematic reviews, I think this book beats them because it takes everything slowly, step by step.With a friendly, accessible style, the book covers every step of the systematic review process, from planning to dissemination. There are plenty of helpful examples and it is so readable and does not bore the pants off you (well, as much as a book on SR can do! 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. Our Adult Fiction Books, Range includes Classics Novels, Comic Books, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Novels, General Fiction, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction and War.

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. Prior to qualifying as a clinical psychologist, she worked at LRiG for several years, conducting systematic reviews, particularly in the field of psychology. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The lectures provided on the topic by my University were fantastic, but I still felt daunted by the process when it was time to go it alone. I was lucky to have a fantastic supervisor, but because i work full time I was often working on my SR at night and at the weekends and this book was like having a supervisor sat on your desk with you at those times.It even offers some brilliant insights into the qualities your marker might be looking out for and common pitfalls for each section.