• Is Your Systematic Review Feasible
• Protocol Writing and Registration

• Identifying the “primary and secondary aims of the study” through creating a great literature search.
• Scan the current literature to identify gaps in the field. This can be done on PubMed.
• Using the PICO acronym Population, Intervention, Control, and Outcome when formulating the research question.

• Identify a team lead or project manager to organize project tasks, and ensure that the study protocol is followed.
• 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.

• How to determine if the project is viable or useful to the literature
• Checking if a review is already done, too little research, etc.

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