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Systematic Reviews & Library Assistance

Fall 2024 Cohort

The application period for the Fall Cohort is closed. Be on the lookout for future offerings!


The systematic review cohort is hosted and taught by the Health Sciences Library. The cohort invites researchers to work through the review process with the support of our librarians.

The cohort is divided into 7 sessions that take place during a ~15 week period:

  1. Prepping your Review & the Protocol
  2. Intro to Searching
  3. The Comprehensive Search
  4. Covidence & Screening part 1
  5. Grey Lit & Screening part 2
  6. Quality Assessment and Data Extraction
  7. Synthesis, Writing & Publishing

Instruction takes place in person and students will have access to a Canvas Community where there are additional resources.

The Schedule

The Fall Cohort is scheduled for the following dates:

Session 1: November 15

Session 2: November 22

Session 3: December 6

Session 4: January 3

Session 5: January 17

Session 6: February 14

Session 7: February 28

Each session will last from 1-2:30pm.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • NO! Systematic reviews require a team of at least 3 individuals. It is important to determine who will be the team lead, screener, search specialist, and (if necessary) a statistician. Your team mates are more than welcome to attend the cohort with you.
  • Systematic reviews are labor intensive and can take up to 1 year to complete. Asking for a review to be completed in 16 weeks is not enough time for a proper review to be conducted. Consider a different type of review that will better fit the time frame. Students are more than welcome to attend the cohort but ideally this will not be for a class project.
  • The cohort will provide you with resources and instruction on how to conduct the various components of the review. It is very unlikely that you will be able to complete a review in this timeframe – remember systematic reviews can take up to 12 months to complete.
  • YES! Our team is available to assist with reviews after the cohort ends or outside of the cohort meeting times.
  • Unfortunately, we are unable to offer credit of any kind at this point.

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