What is a systematic review?
A systematic review is an authoritative account of existing evidence using reliable, objective, thorough and reproducible research practices.
It is a method of making sense of large bodies of information and contributes to the answers to questions about what works and what doesn't.
Systematic reviews map areas of uncertainty and identify where little or no relevant research has been done, but where new studies are needed.
It is a good idea to familiarise yourself with the systematic review process before beginning your review. You can do this by searching for other systematic reviews to look at as examples, by reading a glossary of commonly used terms, and by learning how to distinguish between types of systematic review.
