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systematic and scoping reviews

systematic review process

there are a number of steps to conducting a systematic review. each of them is described in more detail under the tabs in the menu on the left.

  • planning for your review
  • formulating your research question
  • developing the protocol
  • searching the literature
  • screening the studies
  • critical appraisal (for risk of bias)
  • extracting the data
  • synthesizing and reporting

systematic review process map

this interactive systematic review process map developed by the kt program at st. michael's hospital takes you briefly through the steps to conduct a systematic review from the beginning to end.