Evidence Synthesis Resources

RLML – Library Guides

Ruth Lilly Medical Library guide for Systematic Reviews & Evidence Synthesis - https://iupui.libguides.com/evidencesynthesis
EBM LibGuide - https://iupui.libguides.com/EBM
- See Critical Appraisal à JAMA Evidence à User’s Guides to the Medical Literature (Top Left) à Summarizing the Evidence à Chapters 22 and 23
Endnote - https://iupui.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=endnote/rlml

Guidelines & Standards

Cochrane Handbook: https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current
Cochrane Risk-Of-Bias for Randomized Trials - Version 2 (ROB 2): https://sites.google.com/site/riskofbiastool/welcome/rob-2-0-tool/current-version-of-rob-2
Cochrane Risk-Of-Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I): https://sites.google.com/site/riskofbiastool/welcome/home/current-version-of-robins-i
National Academies of Science, Engineering Medicine’s Standards for Systematic Reviews (formerly Institute of Medicine): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209518/
PRISMA guidelines for reporting: http://www.prisma-statement.org/

Podcasts

Summarizing the Evidence: Gordon Guyatt, MD, discusses "Chapter 19: Summarizing the Evidence" from the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature (audio – 10 mins, 39 sec). - (https://www.ulib.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/proxy.pl?url=https://mhp assets.s3.amazonaws.com/jama_podcasts/jamaevidencepc/guyatt_cut_e.mp3)

The Process of a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: M. Hassan Murad, MD, MPH,discusses the process of a systematic review and meta-analysis (audio – 14 mins, 17 secs).- (https://www.ulib.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/proxy.pl?url=https://mhp-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/jama_podcasts/jamaevidencepc/murad_cut.mp3)

Articles

Munn Z, Stern C, Aromataris E, Lockwood C, Jordan Z. What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018;18(1):5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5761190/
Grant MJ, Booth A. A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Info Libr J. 2009;26(2):91-108. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x

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