Department 03
Literature reviews and evidence synthesis
Search strategies, scoping and systematic review methods, critical appraisal, and synthesis — with the review method stated up front.
Students and teams planning a review, and authors who need the search and appraisal to stand up to scrutiny.
What this covers
- Literature search strategies
- Scoping-review and systematic-review methodology
- Critical appraisal of published studies
- Evidence synthesis guidance
- Support for registering and reporting the review method
Typical deliverables
- A search strategy and a note on sources
- A methods outline for a scoping or systematic review
- Appraisal comments on key studies
- A structured synthesis brief, when synthesis is in scope
Limits of the work
- A narrative summary is not described as a systematic review.
- Screening and extraction remain auditable. We do not invent studies, citations, or findings.