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Literature search and reference management

Find, manage, judge and cite clinical evidence the way a junior medical writer or medical-information associate does: turn a question into a PICO search, run it in PubMed with Boolean logic and MeSH, screen and record results in a PRISMA flow, keep every reference in a reference manager, appraise a randomised trial and check its reporting against CONSORT, then cite it in Word in the journal's style. It teaches the method behind a literature review; it does not teach meta-analysis statistics or replace a librarian-led systematic review protocol.

What you will be able to answer

A senior medical writer asks you for the evidence on whether SGLT2 inhibitors reduce heart-failure hospitalisation in adults with type 2 diabetes, for a slide deck due on Friday. What can you produce?

A documented evidence pack: the question written as PICO; a reproducible PubMed search string combining MeSH and free-text terms with its result count and date; a PRISMA-style record of how many records were screened, excluded and kept; every included paper stored in a shared reference-manager library; a short appraisal of the key randomised trials covering randomisation, blinding, attrition and reporting against CONSORT; and slide notes cited in the requested journal style — without overstating what a non-systematic search can conclude.

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Concepts
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Course outline

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Concept 1

Turn a clinical question into a searchable PICO question

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Concept 1 · Turn a clinical question into a searchable PICO question

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Concept 2

Search PubMed with Boolean logic and filters

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AND narrows, OR widens, and one misplaced bracket can hide the trial you needed.

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Concept 3

Use MeSH terms and the Advanced Search Builder

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Authors call it heart attack, myocardial infarction or MI — MeSH lets one term find all three.

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Concept 4

Screen results and record a PRISMA flow

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A reviewer should be able to see exactly how 1,200 search results became the 9 papers you used.

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Concept 5

Build a library in a reference manager

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The reference you can't find again is the one the reviewer asks about.

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Concept 6

Appraise a randomised controlled trial for bias

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A trial can be published in a top journal and still not answer the question it claims to.

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Concept 7

Check a trial report against CONSORT

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If a trial report doesn't say how patients were randomised, CONSORT is how you notice it's missing.

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Concept 8

Cite in Word and switch citation style

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Change a journal's citation style for 80 references in one click — or by hand for a whole evening.

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Selection criteria

  • Demonstrates a search, screening, appraisal or citation task on a real clinical example
  • Shows the reasoning behind a search term, inclusion decision or appraisal judgment, not only the clicks
  • Uses free, currently available tools a student can install today
  • Distinguishes a structured literature search from a full systematic review with meta-analysis
  • Avoids paper-writing marketing, publication-guarantee services and plagiarism shortcuts

What was rejected

16 candidates did not meet the course criteria.

  • is about research methodology in general with no search purpose
  • Only expands the PICO acronym without converting a question
  • Does not demonstrate building a multi-term query using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) in the live PubMed search.
  • Does not demonstrate Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) or phrase quotes on screen, merely mentioning booleans at the end.
  • Only defines MeSH without using it in a search; or is about keyword search alone
  • Demonstrates only the discontinued Mendeley Desktop application
  • Demonstrates only the discontinued Mendeley Desktop application
  • Demonstrates only the discontinued Mendeley Desktop application
  • Demonstrates only the discontinued Mendeley Desktop application
  • Merely reads text aloud from a textbook without conducting a complete critical appraisal.
  • defines bias terms without applying them to a trial
  • only names CONSORT without showing the checklist or flow diagram
  • only names CONSORT without showing the checklist or flow diagram
  • The video discusses clinical trial design and blinding generally and does not mention or show the CONSORT statement, checklist, or flow diagram.
  • only names CONSORT without showing the checklist or flow diagram
  • demonstrates only the legacy Mendeley Desktop plugin

Where this skill is used

Medical / Regulatory Writer — MedComms & CRO

Translating clinical data into standardized documents: Clinical Study Reports, Investigator Brochures, CTD modules on the regulatory side; manuscripts, educational content, and slide decks on the scientific side. Your therapeutic depth makes you strongly preferred over B.Pharm for complex clinical documents — but English writing quality is the true gate, and entry runs through brutal pre-hire writing assessments at MedComms agencies and firms like Indegene and TCS.

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