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  1. Secure funding
  2. Ethics approval
  3. Recruit participants You are here
  4. Run the experiment
  5. Analyse & write up
  6. Pitch to journals
  7. Peer review
  8. Published

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  • Live experiment 8 stages
  • Meta-analysis 7 stages
  • Clinical review 6 stages
  • Clinical audit 6 stages
  • Systematic review 7 stages
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Every study type, step by step

How each kind of study is structured

Every kind of study has its own set of steps. Here’s what each one involves. Hover over a phase to see its steps.Tap a study to see its steps.

  1. Plan
  2. Approvals
  3. Gather
  4. Write
  5. Publish
  • Live experiment 13 steps
  • Systematic review 13 steps
  • Meta-analysis 13 steps
  • Qualitative study 13 steps
  • Clinical audit 11 steps
  • Case report 7 steps

Each coloured line is one phase. Not sure what a study type is? Hover over the ? next to it.

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Study typePlanApprovalsGatherWritePublish
Live experimentRefine the question, Secure funding, Write the protocolEthics approval, Trial registrationRecruit participants, Run the experiment, Analyse the dataDraft the paper, Co-author reviewSubmit to a journal, Peer review, Published
Systematic reviewDefine the question, Write the review protocolRegister on PROSPEROSearch the databases, Screen titles and abstracts, Screen full texts, Extract the data, Assess risk of biasSynthesise the evidence, Write up to PRISMASubmit to a journal, Peer review, Published
Meta-analysisDefine the question, Write the review protocolRegister on PROSPEROSearch the databases, Screen the studies, Extract effect sizes, Assess risk of biasPool the results, Draw the forest plots, Write up to PRISMASubmit to a journal, Peer review, Published
Qualitative studyRefine the question, Secure funding, Write the protocolEthics approvalRecruit participants, Run the interviews, Transcribe, Thematic analysisDraft the paper, Co-author reviewSubmit to a journal, Peer review, Published
Clinical auditChoose a topic, Agree the standardsRegister with the audit teamCollect the data, Compare against standardsFeed back and make changes, Re-audit, Write it upSubmit to a journal, Peer review, Published
Case reportSpot a notable casePatient consentGather the recordsWrite up to CARESubmit to a journal, Peer review, Published
Student working through equations on a chalkboard Researcher in a lab coat and hairnet looking through a microscope Scientist holding up a sample in a laboratory Laboratory bench set up with experiment apparatus and tubing Researcher presenting to an audience in a seminar room

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