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Literature review modules for health research

Welcome to our health literature reviews hub 

Designed for higher degree research students and academic researchers, these modules develop your skills to complete specific types of literature reviews for health research.

Each module matches to a specific review step, building towards a complete process. Work through the modules at your own pace. When you complete a module you can return to this page to navigate to the next one. Alternatively, work through individual modules as you need.

Each module ends with an optional quiz to evidence your learning, with a digital certificate of achievement.

Be aware this hub page presents the modules in a particular order. This provides researchers with a visual understanding of the parts that come together to form a literature review. In reality, when undertaking any type of literature review in health research, your engagement with different research steps can be sequential, simultaneous or non-linear.

Before you start the review process

These three modules provide you with information on three key areas that need to be understood before you commence the review process.

Review Types

Learn about the different reviews types
 

Start module

Review Question

Create a review question with search frameworks
 

Start module

Review Protocols

Get familiar with review protocols
 

Start module

Doing the review

Alert

The modules exploring key areas that need to be addressed when you are undertaking any type of literature review are currently being developed.

In the meantime, you are encouraged to explore the Systematic and systematic-like review toolkit guide which provides useful information on the review process.