The systematic review should be based on 5-15 research articles published within the past 10 years, but may include 1-2 historical articles if they are considered to be seminal to the body of literature. Reference pages not included in page count. Articles should be identified using online research databases (e.g., PubMed, Medline, and PsycInfo)
For References: The Term Paper should include a formatted reference section at the end of the paper (not included in page count).
The written paper should address the following (100 points):
a) Background on selected topic
b) Purpose of systematic review within a healthcare/informatics context (i.e., why is this
review important to the field of healthcare and related to informatics)
c) *Selection of articles/studies (i.e., selection process and relevance of articles)
d) Brief description of research designs/methods used by the studies
e) Summary of major findings across the studies
e) Major strengths and limitations of the studies
f) Ethical and/or social justice issues raised by review
g) Recommendations for practice based on results from review
h) Suggestions for future research based on results from review
The paper is like a literature review but its also research paper also