HMGT 400 PART 7

Explain the importance of systematic review and meta-analysis for evidence-based practice. What are the limitations of the systematic review? How to overcome the challenges? Offer an example of a situation when a systematic review and meta-analysis were one of the defining points in the decision-making process, and when without it the decision might have been incorrect. 

READINGS

Read

· Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Review of Interventions

· Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

· Methodology in Conducting a Systematic Review

· Five Steps to Conducting a Systematic Review