Evidence Live has come and gone and I had a wonderful chat with Iain Chalmers. Iain is a marvel and in the course of the conversation I had a ‘light bulb’ moment relating to the nature of rapid versus systematic reviews. I’m increasingly unhappy with the distinction and I am of the view that the debate should not be ‘rapid’ versus ‘systematic’ but how, for a given context, can … Continue reading The nature of evidence synthesis
Implications of applying methodological shortcuts to expedite systematic reviews: three case studies using systematic reviews from agri-food public health. Pham MT et al. Res Synth Methods. 2016 Jun 10. This paper looks really interesting/important. I’ve not really got time to read and digest is properly but this image shows why I’m so excited by it: As you can see it’s taking an initial SR and … Continue reading Implications of applying methodological shortcuts to expedite systematic reviews
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