After completing the course, students must be able to:

- Critically appraise methods and procedures in systematic literature summaries

- Identify important questions in their own main subject area that can be answered using systematic literature summaries

- Demonstrate the ability to use research synthesis as a scientific process

- Reflect on research ethical aspects related to the scientific process in systematic literature summaries

- Reflect on the contribution that literature summaries bring to their own main subject area

- Demonstrate the ability to apply critical reasoning to methods related to systematic literature summaries

Methods for systematic literature summaries

Formulating a clear research issue

Data collection of qualitative and quantitative scientific articles

Quality review of articles

Research ethical aspects

Processing and analysis of qualitative and quantitative material

Critical reasoning of methods

Review and assess how systematic literature summaries have been applied within their own main subject area

The implementation of the course assumes that students actively search for knowledge and can solve problems by means of an exploratory and critically reflective working method. This means that students take full responsibility for their studies by actively contributing to achieving the goals of the course through planning both contents and time. The contents of the course are assimilated through literature studies, lectures and seminars. The course is given as a distance education and is completely web-based, thus requiring the use of a computer with a webcam.

All the course goals are assessed through a written individual thesis examined at a seminar with opponents and respondents.  

Grade criteria for G and VG are specified in the Study Guide.  

This course is given for second-cycle studies. The course may be taught in English.
Study guidance is available in the course room in Canvas