Reviewer's Toolkit


These pages are intended to act as a reference point for reviewers. Information on the process and methodology of carrying out reviews is detailed below.

Reviewers involved in this project have ranged from practicing Paediatricians to medical students and the necessary skills and information for carrying out a review can be acquired relatively quickly.

Please click on the pages below to learn about reviewing. You can also download this information as a » word file or » PDF here.


Process of the review

  1. Defining the search question
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  2. Literature search
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  3. Accessing relevant articles
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  4. Extracting data from articles
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  5. Evaluating the evidence
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  6. Preparing and writing the review
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» Example searches


For any queries related to the reviewer's toolkit, please contact:
Andrew McCallum, Medical Student, Edinburgh University: s0125544@sms.ed.ac.uk