Systematic literature search
If your thesis includes a literature review you should consider joining this course and learn how to do the review systematically.
Course description:
“A systematic review attempts to collate all empirical evidence that fits pre-specified eligibility criteria in order to answer a specific research question. It uses explicit, systematic methods that are selected with a view to minimizing bias, thus providing more reliable findings from which conclusions can be drawn and decisions made” (Cochrane Handbook).
This course will take the participants through the following key characteristics of a systematic review:
- a clearly stated set of objectives with pre-defined eligibility criteria for studies;
- an explicit, reproducible methodology;
- a systematic search that attempts to identify all studies that would meet the eligibility criteria;
- an assessment of the validity of the findings of the included studies;
- a systematic presentation, and synthesis, of the characteristics and findings of the included studies.
Programme
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9.00-10.30 |
Introduction Characteristics of the systematic literature search Defining the review question Developing criteria for including studies Systematic strategies |
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Break |
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10.30-12.00 |
Search tools Adjusting the search strategies for more search tools. |
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Lunch |
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13.00-14.30 |
Supplementing the traditional literature searches with alternative search techniques Pearl growing Grey literature Handsearching |
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Break |
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14.30-16.00 |
Evaluating your searches Deciding when you have searched enough Relevance assessment of the literature How to manage the references |
Literature:
Read the article in Danish for a quick introduction and read one of the books in English – but not both.
Tove Faber Frandsen, Anne-Kirstine Dyrvig, Janne Buck Christensen et al (2013). En guide til valide og reproducerbare systematiske litteratursøgninger. Ugeskr Laeger 2014, July 22
Higgins JPT, Green S (editors). Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0 [updated March 2011]. The Cochrane Collaboration, 2011. Available from handbook.cochrane.org
Booth, Andrew, Papaioannou, Diana, & Sutton, Anthea. (2011). Systematic approaches to a successful literature review: Sage.
ECTS-credits: 0,7
Course director: Tove Faber Frandsen, Videnscenteret
Course fee:
The course is free of charge for PhD students enrolled in Universities that have joined the "Open market agreement".
For other participants there is a course fee of DKK 2329,-