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Systematic Reviews: A Comprehensive Overview Video Series
Evaluating Published Systematic Reviews
Learning objectives:
- Discuss factors to consider when assessing the quality of systematic reviews
- List tools for critically appraising systematic reviews
Aromataris E, Fernandez R, Godfrey CM, Holly C, Khalil H, Tungpunkom P. Summarizing systematic reviews: methodological development, conduct and reporting of an umbrella review approach. Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2015 Sep;13(3):132-40. doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000055. PMID: 26360830.
JBI critical appraisal tools [Internet]. Joanna Briggs Institute. [cited 2023 Oct 18]. Available from: https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools.
ROBIS: Tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews Phase 1: Assessing relevance (Optional) [Internet]. [cited 2023 Oct 18]. Available from: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/social-community-medicine/robis/ROBIS%201.2%20Clean.pdf.
Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G, Thuku M, Hamel C, Moran J, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch V, Kristjansson E, Henry DA. AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both. BMJ. 2017 Sep 21;358:j4008. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4008. PMID: 28935701; PMCID: PMC5833365.
Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G, Thuku M, Hamel C, Moran J, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch V, Kristjansson E, Henry DA. AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both. BMJ [Internet]. 2017 Sep 21;358:j4008. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4008. Update to Supplementary figure: the AMSTAR 2 instrument. Amstar.ca. [cited 2023 Oct 18]. Available from: https://amstar.ca/docs/AMSTAR-2.pdf.
This video series should be cited as:
Kusnoor SV, Williams AM, Koonce TY, Krump P, Harding L, Zhao J, Giuse NB. Systematic Reviews: A Comprehensive Overview Video Series. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Center for Knowledge Management, 2023. Available from: https://spi-hub.app.vumc.org/sysrev/home.
