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Speech Pathology: An Introduction to Systematic Reviews

Speech Pathology: An Introduction to Systematic Reviews. Micah Walsleben, MLS February 18, 2014. 2 nd floor of library, across from circulation and reading room area 8am–5pm Monday–Friday. Reference Librarians. Carrie Gassett. Peggy Edwards. Micah Walsleben. Margaret Vugrin.

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Speech Pathology: An Introduction to Systematic Reviews

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  1. Speech Pathology: An Introduction to Systematic Reviews Micah Walsleben, MLS February 18, 2014

  2. 2nd floor of library, across from circulation and reading room area 8am–5pm Monday–Friday Reference Librarians Carrie Gassett Peggy Edwards Micah Walsleben Margaret Vugrin

  3. We’re here to help you!

  4. What is a systematic review? “A systematic review is a critical assessment and evaluation of all research studies that address a particular clinical issue. The researchers use an organized method of locating, assembling, and evaluating a body of literature on a particular topic using a set of specific criteria. A systematic review typically includes a description of the findings of the collection of research studies. The systematic review may also include a quantitative pooling of data, called a meta-analysis.” -U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  5. What is a systematic review? “A systematic review uses transparent procedures to find, evaluate, and synthesize the results of relevant research. Procedures are explicitly defined in advance in order to ensure that the exercise is transparent and can be replicated. This practice is also designed to minimize bias.” -The Campbell Collaboration

  6. A Systematic Review… • …sums up the best available research on a specific question by synthesizing the results of multiple studies • …must be peer-reviewed • …needs to screen included studies for quality so that the individual findings can be successfully combined • …must have the following: • clear inclusion and exclusion criteria • detailed search strategy • systematic coding and analysis of the included studies • Meta-analysis (where possible)

  7. The Campbell Collaboration Let’s explore…

  8. Go to this website! http://www.campbellcollaboration.org

  9. National Guideline Clearinghouse(NGC) Let’s explore…

  10. Start at the library website! http://www.ttuhsc.edu/libraries

  11. Advanced Search Option

  12. Welcome Information Resources for Speech Language Pathology Peggy Edwards, AMLS TTUHSC - Preston Smith Library Lubbock, Texas 79430 Feb 2014

  13. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and DARE: Database of Reviews of Effects via OVID

  14. EBM Reviews via OVID Mouse over Databases www.ttuhsc.edu/libraries and click OVID

  15. Select Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and DARE: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects ✔ ✔

  16. Click Search • Enter • as the speech • first keyword search.

  17. Results in the first search set.

  18. Click Search to narrow to 1 AND speech.ti. Enter articles with speech as a word in the title.

  19. Click Search to narrow to Enter 2AND language.ti. articles with language as a word in the title.

  20. Results of AND combination narrows to 17 articles.

  21. By entering an asterisk*after a word, the computer searches for any suffix of a word. Example: gene* will retrieve genes, genetic, generation, etc. This is called truncation.

  22. Search Results

  23. Click Display to view articles

  24. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

  25. Click EBM Full Text

  26. click Search Article as PDF

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