Tutor must be Australian PHD aware about topic and follow instructions. Thanks
Primary research only develop a question on research
? Identify the participants, phenomena and setting very clearly and carefully.
? The focus you choose will become the basis for your search criteria, selection and synthesis of studies/articles.
NB: BE VERY SPECIFIC – DEVELOP A TIGHTLY FOCUSED REVIEW QUESTION
Identify and include:
? the elements of the issue to be explored/ define the variables
? the purpose of the review
? the potential benefits of undertaking the review of the issue
? Importance of the issue
? Structure of the rest of the review
Types of literature review
A clear strategy is needed to search for the most relevant literature for review:
? Identify most appropriate MeSH key words
? Search multiple data bases and search engines e.g. ProQuest, PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, Science Direct, Google Scholar or Scopus
? Manual search of key journals
? Advice from experts on relevant literature
? Search reference lists of key articles
? Designate time period (e.g. 5 to 10 years or more. Use a rationale for the chosen period)
? Type of articles (primary research studies, quantitative, qualitative or both)
? Language searched
? Identify inclusion criteria
? Identify exclusion criteria (not just the opposite of the inclusion criteria)
? Summarise important content of the reviewed studies into a table. Make sure that you use your own words – do not copy and paste from the articles.
? Include only the most relevant content of the reviewed studies in the table (an example of the format is offered in slide 13 as Table 1). The content headings of each column are explained in slides 14 & 15.
? The overall table with all included studies should occupy no more than 4 pages in ‘landscape’ format at font 8-10.
• Methods (continued):
- completion of a pilot study (if quantitative)
- the data analysis process used
• Findings (only include results that inform the review question)
• Major limitations (established from critical appraisal of the research processes used in the study) [this table column is not mandatory]
• Significance (in terms of informing the review question) [this table column is not mandatory]
• Final concluding remarks are included in this section
• Short section - usually only two or three sentences
• Tend to be the final ‘take home’ statements that draw the review to a close