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What is a Rapid Review vs. a Systematic Review?

"Rapid reviews can be viewed as a simplified approach to systematic reviews. A rapid review follows most of the principle steps of a systematic review, using systematic and transparent methods to identify, select, critically appraise and analyze data from relevant research. However, to provide timely evidence, some of the components of a systematic review process are either simplified or omitted." 

Excerpt from: Implementation Science Collaborative: Rapid Review vs. Systematic Review: what are the differences? 

See also:

Smela, B., Toumi, M., Świerk, K., Francois, C., Biernikiewicz, M., Clay, E., & Boyer, L. (2023). Rapid literature review: definition and methodology. Journal of market access & health policy11(1), 2241234. https://doi.org/10.1080/20016689.2023.2241234

Steps of a Systematic Review simplified!

Please watch the short video below from the Brown University School of Public Health for an overview of The Steps of a Systematic Review!

Systematic Review eBooks

Literature review vs. Systematic Review overview

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Kysh, Lynn (2013): Difference between a systematic review and a literature review. figshare. Poster. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.766364.v1

What's the difference between a Literature Review and a Systematic Review?

Please watch this "Research Short" called Conducting a Systematic Literature Review for a great overview of the difference between literature reviews and systematic reviews.

Research Shorts are short research video summaries by George Veletsianos and The Digital Learning and Social Media Research Group: http://www.thedlrgroup.com/.

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