Who is the service for?
This service is available to the following groups:
- King's College Hospital NHS Trust staff
- King's College London staff
- KCL PGR Students only as part of research team [when the review will not form part of an assessment].
Please note that we cannot provide this type of support for any systematic review activity undertaken as part of a course of study, or for staff from GSTT or SLaM Trusts. See our Library Workshops, Drop Ins and 1-2-1s page for details of our workshops and forums and further support available to all.
Levels of support
The Systematic Review Service is suitable for all types of evidence synthesis including systematic, scoping, umbrella and rapid reviews. There is a range of expert support we can offer depending on staff capacity to help your review meet best practice searching and reporting standards.
- Consultancy service: The Librarian(s) will look over the search strategies you have created including any initial results and advise where changes may be needed. The librarian will also be able to check over the methodology sections of your written review and provide feedback. This offering is available for anyone undertaking research individually or as a group.
- Consultancy Plus service: The Librarian(s) will meet with you to discuss your research project and what steps you will need to take. The librarian will design your search strategy for 1 database based on your requirements and pass this over to you for you to perform and will be on hand to discuss any questions you have. The librarian can also provide advice on registering the protocol, structuring the written review and recording searches. This offering can be made available to groups undertaking research depending on librarian capacity.
- Co-author level: The Librarian(s) will join the research group as co-author. They will design and perform all search strategies across a wide range of databases and clinical resources, and provide the results in an agreed format. Additionally, they will de-duplicate datasets and track the numbers of results for inclusion in PRISMA flow charts, as well as writing the relevant sections of the methodology to reflect the searches undertaken. This offering is for groups undertaking funded research and is dependent on staff capacity.
Please use our form to let us know about yourself and your review and the kind of support you are interested in.
Published reviews
The team have worked as co-authors on numerous published systematic reviews & evidence synthesis. These include:
Irwin, C., Bliss, J., & Poole, K. (2018). Does Preceptorship improve confidence and competence in Newly Qualified Nurses: A systematic literature review. Nurse Education Today, 60, 35–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.09.011
Drucker, A. M., Lam, M., Prieto-Merino, D., Malek, R., Ellis, A. G., Yiu, Z. Z. N., Rochwerg, B., Di Giorgio, S., Arents, B. W. M., Mohan, T., Burton, T., Spuls, P. I., Schmitt, J., & Flohr, C. (2024). Systemic Immunomodulatory Treatments for Atopic Dermatitis: Living Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis Update. JAMA dermatology, 160(9), 936–944. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.2192
Submitted articles:
Submitted: Snow M, Silva-Ribeiro W, Baginsky M, Di Giorgio S, Farrelly N, Larkins C, Poole K, Steils N, Westwood J, Malley J. Good Practice in the Implementation of Digital Social Care Records: A Rapid Scoping Review. Submitted to JMIR Aging. JMIR Preprints. 03/05/2024:60107 DOI: 10.2196/preprints.60107
Worme M, Auzinger G, Papachristos A, Poole K, Fisher R,. The role of echocardiography in weaning adult patients with cardiogenic shock from VA ECMO: A systematic review. Submitted to Echo Research & Practice.
Their contribution at consultation level is also regularly acknowledged. These include:
Drucker, A. M., Morra, D. E., Prieto-Merino, D., Ellis, A. G., Yiu, Z. Z., Rochwerg, B., & Flohr, C. (2022). Systemic immunomodulatory treatments for atopic dermatitis: update of a living systematic review and network meta-analysis. JAMA dermatology, 158(5), 523-532.
Sims S, Harris R, Hussein S, Rafferty AM, Desai A, Palmer S, Brearley S, Adams R, Rees L, Fitzpatrick JM. Social Distancing and Isolation Strategies to Prevent and Control the Transmission of COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases in Care Homes for Older People: An International Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 15;19(6):3450. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063450. PMID: 35329137; PMCID: PMC8955170.
Baldwin C, Kimber KL, Gibbs M, Weekes CE. Supportive interventions for enhancing dietary intake in malnourished or nutritionally at‐risk adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD009840. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009840.pub2. Accessed 21 September 2023.
