We offer an advisory service for Columbia University faculty and staff conducting systematic reviews. The systematic review may be intended for journal publication, HTA report, guideline, internal report to inform a research project, grant application, or patient care.
The specific services are outlined below and you may opt to use as few or as many parts of the service as needed.
Service | Included |
Guidance with systematic review development processes | Referral to relevant handbooks and guidance documents |
Referral to relevant reporting standards | |
Guidance on timelines, skills and competencies required to complete a systematic review | |
Protocol development | Instructions on where to find existing protocols |
Identification of example protocols | |
Identification of existing systematic reviews on same topic (if any) | |
Feedback on initial protocol draft | |
Question formulation | Feedback on framing of research questions |
Search strategy | Translation of research question into draft search strategy |
Advice on relevant electronic databases and sources to search | |
Choice of software programs | Advice on choosing programs used in the different processes of systematic review development: manuscript template, organizing bibliographic citations, study screening, data extraction, data analysis |
Documentation and search methods reporting | Guidance on Documentation of search strategies |