• Plan the study
• Identify contributors
• Establish scope and search methodology
• Identify body of literature for consideration
• Evaluate studies for inclusion
• Analyze (code) and combine results
• Discuss
• Summarize - provide a bottom line

Is it Feasible?

• Is the question appropriate for a systematic review?
• What is the scope of the review?
• What related reviews are already published?
• How many citations do you expect to find?

TREAD

Do have the necessary components?

• TIME
• RESOURCES
• EXPERTISE
• AUDIENCE
• DATA

source: Both, Su'on and Papaioannou 2016

BioMed Central Stakeholder Involvement in Systematic Reviews
The active involvement of stakeholders is beneficial to the quality of a systematic review. Alex Pollock (Glasgow Caledonian University) and colleagues carried out a scoping review that considered 291 articles reporting stakeholder involvement. For most of the papers the quality of the reporting was poor and inconsistent, with only 10% judged to provide a comprehensive description of methods for involving stakeholders. A subset of 30 papers that showcased best practice were used to develop online learning resources.