TY - JOUR T1 - Reviewing the literature: choosing a review design JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2018-102895 SP - ebnurs-2018-102895 AU - Helen Noble AU - Joanna Smith Y1 - 2018/03/13 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/13/eb-2018-102895.abstract N2 - Many health professionals, students and academics including health researchers will have grappled with the challenges of undertaking a review of the literature and choosing a suitable design or framework to structure the review. For many undergraduate and master’s healthcare students their final year dissertation involves undertaking a review of the literature as a way of assessing their understanding and ability to critique and apply research findings to practice. For PhD and Master’s by Research students, a rigorous summary of research is usually expected to identify the state of knowledge and gaps in the evidence related to their topic focus and to provide justification for the empirical work they subsequently undertake. From discussions with students and colleagues, there appears to be much confusion about review designs and in particular … ER -