How to Make Science More Reliable? Tips for Systematic Reviews

If you're a scientist, systematic reviews - a survey of published results to answer a specific research question - may not be as easy to carry out as you think. Melissa Rethlefsen and Mellanye Lackey from the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Systematic Reviews Core explain common pitfalls and ways to avoid them. They discuss the full timeline of the process, from making sure to ask the right question to begin with, to carefully thinking through methodologies, to registering guidelines, and finally publishing the report.Links mentioned in the podcast:ProsperoCochranePRISMAMOOSE