Conduct a comprehensive review on a research question related to Pre-Hospital Emergency Care.

Conduct a comprehensive review on a research question related to Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. ( it is up to you to decide on the question – you may use the question that you developed in the first research module)

Step 1 – Define a review topic, objective and sub questions

Define your main topic question and then; define 3 or more sub questions that will allow you to answer/speak to the objective/question

Step 2 – Plan your review –

eligibility criteria ( inclusion/exclusion) – critical appraisal process- etc)

Step 3 – Conduct your search

Using the content from step 1 & 2 – define and execute your search strategy – do not forget to include “grey literature”. –

Step 4 – Screen the results to match your criteria in step 2

Ensure that they meet your criteria (as set in Step 2).

Ensure that you have a min of 6 and a max of 12 papers reviewed)

Step 5 – Extract relevant data (note : narrative content is data too) from the studies you have screened and chosen

Typically, you will garnish 500 – 1000 words from each of your selected papers

Step 6 – Write it up !!!

HEADINGS (GUIDE)

Abstract

Introduction

Statement of the primary review questions

Inclusion criteria

Methods (describing processes for searching, screening, extraction, and presentation of results)

Tabulated and/or narrated description of results. consider using a flow chart to display what you have found

Discussion (Links to an external site.)(results and limitations of the review)

Conclusions and recommendations for future research

References

Conflicts of interest, acknowledgements etc.,

Appendices; all search strategies and the data extraction instrument used

Research sites should be but not limited to:

Cochrane, PubMed, cinahl, medline