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Evidence Synthesis

Evidence Synthesis Process: Summarizing

Summarizing: Summarizing your systematic review allows it to be shared with others.

Identifying Step
Explanation
Identify your audience(s)
  • research funders
  • policy makers
  • practitioners
  • research community
  • media
  • public
Choose your summary type
  • protocol
  • report
  • presentation
  • peer review publication
Review Standards

Most standards will include these sections:

  • background/introduction
  • methodology including a PRISMA diagram
  • results
  • discussion/conclusions
Write Your Summary

Make sure your work is clear, auditable, replicable, and transparent.

Submit Your Summary
Search grey literature

Such as:

  • theses
  • conference proceedings
  • repositories
  • government documents
  • clinical trial registries

to address publication bias

Search other sources Such as reference lists, relevant journals that are not entirely indexed in databases, and researcher bibliographies.
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