PROGRAM: Health Sciences (33038015007P8) - AREA OF CONCENTRATION: Human Health

WORKLOAD: 60 (hs)

NUMBER OF CREDITS: 04 (four)

PERIOD OF VALIDITY: Start: 19/08/2014

MANDATORY DISCIPLINE: NO

RESPONSIBLE: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Vieira Botelho

SUMMARY:

A systematic literature review is a method of evaluating a set of data simultaneously and aims to gather similar studies, published or not, critically evaluating their methodology and combining them in a statistical analysis, meta-analysis, when possible. With the plethora of publications in various directions, it is increasingly necessary to produce a synthesis of evidence as a guide for conduct. Although it can be applied in various areas of Medicine or Biology, a systematic review is most often used to obtain scientific evidence for health interventions. Health professionals interested in knowing whether one treatment is better than another should always begin their literature search with a systematic review that has already been carried out and, if they cannot find one, carry it out when possible. The course aims to provide students with systematic and methodologically accurate search strategies for selecting the best scientific evidence in the various databases in the health area .

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