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-====== Feasibility Search ======
+===== Is Your Systematic Review Feasible? =====
-Before you begin the process of undergoing a meta-analysis or systematic review, it is important to assess the feasibility of the project. A feasibility search can save time and money, help with structuring the final research question and PICO elements, and can ensure that your review or meta-analysis will be a valuable contribution to the literature.
+Before you begin the process of performing a systematic review, you will want to ask the crucial question of whether your project is feasible. Does this project have the potential to lead to a publication in a peer-reviewed journal?
-===== Run a Search on PubMed or NK =====
+The first question to ask is whether there is enough literature available to actually pursue your systematic review. A quick PubMed search will allow you to assess whether papers have been published on your topic of interest. Be sure to include variations of words (for example, surgery AND surgical), British spellings, and spelled-out abbreviations. If you do not find much, you will need to broaden the scope of your review.
-Start by identifying the ideal research question and PICOs of interest. Generate a list of search terms related to this research question and perform a search in PubMed or NK. See Search Optimization for more information on optimizing search terms. Take note of the number of search results.
+A second crucial question involves asking whether your topic has already been addressed in other review articles. In this case, you may want to perform a PubMed search along with the terms “systematic review” and meta-analysis.” Ultimately, you may need to narrow down your question if you find a lot of recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
-If there aren’t many results:
-===== Identify Key Search Terms =====
-===== Assess Quality and Coverage of Search =====
-===== Get Study Metadata and Prepare for Screening =====

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