The PRS Project follows the steps of a systematic review below recommended by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (formerly the Institute of Medicine) Health and Medicine Division). These include:
- Create a team
- Develop a protocol
- Develop a comprehensive literature search
- Perform accurate screening and data abstraction
- Perform critical appraisal of individual studies
- Evaluate body of evidence
- Synthesize the data
- Develop a complete and transparent report
(adapted from Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews (2011)external icon)