Twelve tips for undertaking a systematic review.
The need to underpin health and education with a firm evidence base is of increasing significance. Systematic review offers an effective approach to critically assessing research in order to understand its overall impact on practice. Based on 5 years' experience undertaking systematic reviews of interprofessional education, this paper offers guidance for researchers and practitioners about to embark upon systematic review work.
Institute of Health Sciences, City University, London, UK. S.Reeves-1@city.ac.uk
Scott
S
Reeves
Ivan
I
Koppel
Hugh
H
Barr
Della
D
Freeth
Marilyn
M
Hammick
D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D010820:Physicians; D012107:Research Design; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic