Introduction to Systematic Reviews

This 2-hour workshop will help students and researchers new to systematic reviews go through the basic steps of conducting a systematic review using the PRISMA 2020 Checklist. You will develop a searchable question, search databases, and export results to bibliographic management software. This workshop is suited for beginners of all disciplines.

At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Identify systematic reviews and meta-analysis, how they differ from narrative reviews, and their role in evidence-based practice. Describe the steps in conducting a systematic review using the PRISMA 2020 checklist.
• Develop a suitable research question and associated eligibility criteria (inclusion and exclusion criteria).
• Use searching skills in a range of databases to identify research to answer the question. Include iterative searching to refine/expand results, hand searching and searching for grey literature.
• Using AI in systematic reviews.
• Manage search results by exporting to bibliographic software e.g. EndNote. We will introduce you to exporting results to Covidence, a systematic review software program that will save you time.
• There will be time for questions at the end.

There will be no part 2 offered this semester. This is a "getting started" session. However,  the recordings of the Part 2 sessions from semester 1 are available on request, and there is information available on the Systematic Reviews guide.

Access the workshop via below Zoom links:

Time: Sep 10, 2026 10:00 AM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:

    Please click this URL to start or join: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/81208440949?pwd=96L9NICRYzj94lgDuDWEqj5J8GmI3t.1

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