Looking for advice on how to start a Systemic Review
Hi,
I am a penultimate-year medical student trying to get into research. I plan to start with a systematic review, as this is what most first-time researchers do.
I know the first phase of my work is understanding the following:
- Systematic, scoping and narrative reviews
- PICO/PEO questions
- Eligibility criteria
- Database searching
- Screening and extraction
- Risk of bias
- Narrative synthesis
- Meta-analysis fundamentals
- PRISMA reporting
However, the truth is I don't know how to actually start narrowing down my topics of interest. I don't know how to best document my work or the best tools that would help me do this. I have tried surfing PubMed, but it is kinda overwhelming, and it might be the ADHD, but I can't seem to actually lock in. I feel kind of lost, so if anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it. I have a second author who is ready to delve into all the hard work with me, but no supervisor.
Also out of the list I have given above for phase 1, if anyone here thinks there is a better way to start this or anything else I should study to help me formulate a question please let me know.
Thank you for any time you are willing to spend on this post with advice.
Kind regards,
An overwhelmed med student :)