Archives: Tool

  • Right Review

    Right Review is an open-access tool, designed by the Knowledge Translation Program, to support decision-making related to evidence synthesis methods. The Knowledge Synthesis team at the KT Program has been collaborating with Dr. Barbara Clyne (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) to update this tool to include information for researchers and decision-makers about qualitative and…

  • WHO Rapid Review Guide

    Overview Policy-makers require valid evidence to support time-sensitive decisions regarding the coverage, quality, efficiency, and equity of health systems. Systematic reviews and other types of evidence syntheses are increasingly employed to inform policy-making and produce guidance for health systems. However, the time and cost to produce a systematic review is often a barrier to its…

  • Rank Heat Plot

    The Rank Heat Plot presents a novel and simple graphical approach to improve the presentation of the treatment ranking in a network meta-analysis (NMA) including multiple outcomes. Please see the attached documentation if you are interested in creating a rank-heat plot.

  • Systematic Review Process Map

    This tool was developed by the St. Michael’s hospital KT program. We have a defined and rigorous process for all our systematic reviews. This process map tool takes you through the steps to conduct a systematic review. Download the process map here.

  • Synthesi.SR

    Synthesi.SR is an online tool developed by the Knowledge Translation Program to assist reviewers with screening titles/abstracts and full-text reports of relevant studies to be included in knowledge synthesis.