2022/23 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PSYC5902M Systematic Review

25 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Dr Ian Kellar
Email: i.kellar@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2022/23

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

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This course is designed to ensure that MSc graduates are able to 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 framework2) Retrieve, manage and screen references and full-texts in a database3) Undertake data-extraction and make risk-of-bias judgements reliably4) Follow PRISMA guidelines and narratively synthesise evidence, producing a PRISMA compliant systematic review.

Objectives

This course is designed to ensure that MSc graduates are able to undertake narrative systematic reviews that meet the standard laid out in the PRISMA statement (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) 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 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

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

Session3
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
Polyglot Search

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

Session 6
Using Rayyan for Abstract screening

Session 7
Retrieving full-texts
Screening full-texts using SR-Accelerator Screenatron
Recording and resolving disagreements with SR-Accelerator Disputatron

Session 8
Amending and using a MECIR compliant data extraction tool
Risk of Bias 2

Session 9
Risk of Bias 2 macro
Risk of Bias 2 dispute resolution

Session 10
Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool2018

Week 11
PRISMA 2020 items
Synthesis Without Meta-Analysis
Grouping for synthesis
Grouping examples

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Practical	15	0.50	5.00
Seminar	11	2.00	24.00
Tutorial	10	0.50	5.00
Independent online learning hours			0.50
Private study hours			215.50
Total Contact hours			34.00
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 and tutorials.

These tasks will include:
• 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 (30hrs)
• Develop screening criteria (8hrs)
• Undertake screening (35hrs)
• Develop a data extraction tool (8hrs)
• Undertake data extraction (35hrs)
• Write up the systematic review report (55.5hrs)

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Literature Review	5000 words + table(s)	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 06/03/2023

Disclaimer

Browse Other Catalogues

• Undergraduate module catalogue
• Taught Postgraduate module catalogue
• Undergraduate programme catalogue
• Taught Postgraduate programme catalogue

Errors, omissions, failed links etc should be notified to the Catalogue Team.PROD