Subject Guides: Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC): Reviews

WHO Handbook for Guideline Development

World Health Organization. (2014). Who handbook for guideline development (2nd ed.). World Health Organization. Retrieved August 25, 2022, from http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/145714/1/9789241548960_eng.pdf. This handbook provides detailed instructions for guideline developers on the following topics: application of high quality methodology for guideline development using systematic search strategies, synthesis and quality assessment of the best available evidence to support the recommendations; appropriate collection and management of experts' declared conflict of interest; expert group composition including content experts, methodologists, target users, policy makers, with gender and geographical balance; instructions for the management of group process to achieve consensus among experts; standards for a transparent decision-making process, taking into consideration potential harms and benefits, end users values and preferences; developing plans for implementing and adapting guidelines; and minimum standards for reporting

Munn, Z., Peters, M.D.J., Stern, C. et al. Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. BMC Med Res Methodol 18, 143 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x "Researchers may conduct scoping reviews instead of systematic reviews where the purpose of the review is to identify knowledge gaps, scope a body of literature, clarify concepts or to investigate research conduct. While useful in their own right, scoping reviews may also be helpful precursors to systematic reviews and can be used to confirm the relevance of inclusion criteria and potential questions."

Example of a Rapid Review:

PRISMA
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
PRISMA Checklist
Moher, D., Liberati, A., Tetzlaff, J., Altman, D. G., & PRISMA Group. (2009). Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the prisma statement. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 62(10), 1006–12.
PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature Searches in Systematic Reviews. Rethlefsen, M. L., Blunt, H., Kirtley, S., Waffenschmidt, S., Ayala, A. P., Moher, D., Page, M. J., Koffel, J. B., Brigham, T., Chang, S., Clark, J., Conway, A., Couban, R., de Kock, S., Farrah, K., Fehrmann, P., Foster, M., Fowler, S. A., Glanville, J., … PRISMA-S Group. (2021). Prisma-s: an extension to the prisma statement for reporting literature searches in systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews, 10(1), 39–39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01542-z

1. Identify the journals to search.

2. In the search box on the library homepage, choose the JOURNALS tab.

3. Journals search box, type ti: (for title) and enter the journal title.

4. The first results should be the journal title. Click on the title to access the record.

5. Follow the links for online viewing.

6. Browse the volumes / Issues.

Older hard copies are on Level 1 at Serials 616.