2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PSYC5918M Systematic Review

30 creditsClass Size: 70

Module manager: Chris Keyworth
Email: c.keyworth@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

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

Module replaces

PSYC5902M Systematic Review

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 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, developing a range of skills suitable for future employability.

Objectives

1. Develop confidence in literature searching skills in line with the PICOS framework.
2. Equip students with the skills to manage and screen texts in a suitable database.
3. Facilitate students to take a disciplined and systematic approach to data extraction and application of risk of bias judgements.
4. Enable students to synthesise and evaluate the resulting evidence in an independent, PRISMA compliant systematic review.

The teaching strategy is problem-based learning, affording the opportunity for practical application of the framework guidelines and processes being presented, ensuring students are confident in the methods required for the assessment and achievement of outcomes. Students work in groups to conduct literature searches and screening. Reports write-ups are individual pieces of work.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the ability to complete the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:

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 Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the ability to complete the following skills learning outcomes:

1. The ability to search literature effectively and systematically, using suitable IT applications.
2. Group working and collaborative skills.
3. Application of literature searching, bias checking, data analysis and synthesis of information skills to applied domains, identifying and addressing real world problems.
4. Develop high level written communication skills.
5. Critical evaluation skills.

Syllabus

- Introduction to systematic reviewing
- Formulating a question
- PICOS
- Brief overview of Systematic review protocols
- History of Cochrane
- Introduction to Medline
- Developing a rationale
- Find related reviews
- Searching PubMed
- Searching Cochrane Reviews
- Situating your review in the existing evidence synthesis literature
- Iterate PICOS
- 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
- Intro to reporting guidelines
- Link Endnote to Endnote Online
- Intro to PsychInfo
- Intro to Embase
- Web of Science
- Confirm eligibility criteria
- Abstract screening with SR-Accelerator Screenatron
- Retrieving full-texts
- Full text screening
- Amending and using a MECIR compliant data extraction tool
- Risk of Bias
- Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool2018
- PRISMA 2020 items
- Synthesis without Meta-Analysis
- Grouping for synthesis
- Grouping examples
- Final report writing

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
seminars	11	2.00	22.00
Practicals	15	0.50	7.50
Private study hours			270.50
Total Contact hours			29.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Prior to submission of the final report, in week 8 there will be a quiz session directly related to the summative assessment. Students will be provided with questions relating to key aspects of the systematic review process and format. Academic staff will provide feedback on students’ responses, ensuring understanding of the systematic review process, along with the criteria and requirements for success on the summative assessment.

In the second half of most sessions, module leader will consult with each group and answer any questions they have about the skills they are learning and implementing during the set exercises for that session. Feedback and guidance will be provided where necessary.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	Systematic Review Protocol (2,000 words)	45.00
Report	Final Report (3,000 words)	55.00
In-course Assessment	Formative quiz	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

There is no compensation between summative components of assessment, all components must be passed. In the event of failure of one or more component(s), the module mark will be capped at 50 on successful resit of the failed component(s).

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

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