Conduct a comprehensive review on a research question related to Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. ( it is up to you to decide on the question – you may use the question that you developed in the first research module)
Step 1 – Define a review topic, objective and sub questions
Define your main topic question and then; define 3 or more sub questions that will allow you to answer/speak to the objective/question
Step 2 – Plan your review –
eligibility criteria ( inclusion/exclusion) – critical appraisal process- etc)
Step 3 – Conduct your search
Using the content from step 1 & 2 – define and execute your search strategy – do not forget to include “grey literature”. –
Step 4 – Screen the results to match your criteria in step 2
Ensure that they meet your criteria (as set in Step 2).
Ensure that you have a min of 6 and a max of 12 papers reviewed)
Step 5 – Extract relevant data (note : narrative content is data too) from the studies you have screened and chosen
Typically, you will garnish 500 – 1000 words from each of your selected papers
Step 6 – Write it up !!!
HEADINGS (GUIDE)
Abstract
Introduction
Statement of the primary review questions
Inclusion criteria
Methods (describing processes for searching, screening, extraction, and presentation of results)
Tabulated and/or narrated description of results. consider using a flow chart to display what you have found
Discussion (Links to an external site.)(results and limitations of the review)
Conclusions and recommendations for future research
References
Conflicts of interest, acknowledgements etc.,
Appendices; all search strategies and the data extraction instrument used
Research sites should be but not limited to:
Cochrane, PubMed, cinahl, medline
