• Is Your Systematic Review Feasible?
• Protocol Writing and Registration

• Identifying the “primary and secondary aims of the study”
• “Scanning the literature to identify gaps in the field”
• Using the acronym Population, Intervention, Control, and Outcome when formulating the research question

• Identify a team lead or project manager to organize project tasks, ensure that “study protocol is followed”, and “keeps all team members informed”
• Identify “independent reviewers” or team members to verify data, adjudicate study inclusion differences , and identify those that will participate in each step of the review process * Include team members who are familiar with the review process
• “The compexity of the question being addressed and the expected number of references also will figure in the size of the team”

• How to determine if the project is viable or useful to the literature
• Checking if a review is already done, too little research, etc.
• Knowing what a meta-analysis is good at and not good at

Muka, T., Glisic, M., Milic, J. et al. A 24-step guide on how to design, conduct, and successfully publish a systematic review and meta-analysis in medical research. Eur J Epidemiol35, 49–60 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00576-5