2023/24 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PSYC5902M Systematic Review

25 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Dr Chris Keyworth
Email: C.Keyworth@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

Pre-requisite qualifications

At least an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology or a discipline containing a substantial amount of psychology and research

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This course is designed to ensure that Masters level graduates are able to: (a) understand the rationale and key principles of systematic reviews, and (b) undertake narrative systematic reviews that meet the standard laid out in the PRISMA2020 statement (http://www.prisma-statement.org/)Objectives:Students should be confident in managing the systematic review process, extracting data, and narratively synthesising evidence from academic journals.Learning outcomes:On completion of this module, students should be able to:1) Formulate a question and develop search terms based on the PICOS framework;2) Retrieve, manage and screen references and full-texts in a database;3) Undertake data-extraction and make risk-of-bias judgements reliably;4) Follow PRISMA-P and PRISMA guidelines and narratively synthesise evidence, producing a PRISMA compliant systematic review.

Objectives

This course is designed to ensure that Masters level graduates are able to: (a) understand the rationale and key principles of systematic reviews, and (b) undertake narrative systematic reviews that meet the standards laid out in the PRISMA-P (https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma-protocols/) and PRISMA statements (http://www.prisma-statement.org/).

Students should be confident in managing the systematic review process, extracting data, and narratively synthesising evidence from academic journals.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:

1) Formulate a question and develop search terms based on the PICOS framework;
2) Manage and screen references and full-texts in a database;
3) Undertake data-extraction and make risk-of-bias judgements reliably;
4) Follow PRISMA-P and PRISMA guidelines and narratively synthesise evidence, producing a PRISMA compliant systematic review.

Skills outcomes
Ability to undertake narrative systematic reviews that meet the standard laid out in the PRISMA2020 statement (http://www.prisma-statement.org/).

Syllabus

Session 1
- Introduction to systematic reviewing
- Formulating a question
- PICOS
- Brief overview of Systematic review protocols

Session 2
- History of Cochrane
- Introduction to Medline
- Developing a rationale
- Find related reviews
- Search PubMed
- Search Cochrane Reviews
- Situating your review in the existing evidence synthesis literature
- Iterate PICOS

Session 3
- Developing search terms
- Building a modular strategy utilising established terms
- Search operators / MeSH
- Learning to use OVID Medline
- Worked example
- Using the PRESS checklist to check searches
- Exporting to ENDNOTE WEB

Session 4
- Intro to reporting guidelines
- Link Endnote to Endnote Online
- Intro to PsychInfo
- Intro to Embase
- Web of Science

Session 5
- Confirm eligibility criteria
- Abstract screening with SR-Accelerator Screenatron
- Complete lines 1 & 2 of flow diagram

Session 6
- Retrieving full-texts
- Full text screening

Session 7
- Amending and using a MECIR compliant data extraction tool

Session 8
- Risk of Bias 2

Session 9
- Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool2018
- PRISMA 2020 items

Session 10
- Synthesis without Meta-Analysis
- Grouping for synthesis
- Grouping examples

Week 11
- Drop-in / support session for final report

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Practical	15	0.50	7.50
Seminar	11	2.00	22.00
Private study hours			220.50
Total Contact hours			29.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			250.00

Private study

Students will develop tasks that they begin during seminars and receive support on this during later practicals.

These tasks will include:
• Background literature searching and developing systematic review rationale (15hrs)
• Formulating a PICOS question (20hrs)
• Developing search terms using a modular approach based on PICOS (14hrs)
• Report search to fulfil PRESS checklist / peer review search using PRESS checklist (10h)
• Running searches, exporting references and managing databases (27hrs)
• Develop screening criteria (6.5hrs)
• Undertake screening (20hrs)
• Develop a data extraction tool (8hrs)
• Undertake data extraction (35hrs)
• Write up the systematic review protocol (25hrs)
• Write up the systematic review final report and peer assessment (40hrs)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

1 x 2000 word systematic review protocol (includes background and methods)
1 x 3000 word final report (includes results and discussion)

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Systematic Review Protocol: 2000 words	40.00
Self/Peer Assessment	Group peer assessment	10.00
Report	Final Report: 3000 words + table(s)	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

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