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"...the synopsis of a single study provides a brief, but often sufficiently detailed, a summary of a high-quality study that can inform clinical practice" (DiCenso et al., 2009)
Definition
Summary & evaluation of a research study that has been done
Characteristics
Summary and analysis of the methodology and results of a single research study that was conducted
Not primary research
Shorter in length (1 page, average)
The Reference list will be short as it is evaluating one 1 research study
The following databases provide both synopses of studies (Level 5) and synopses of syntheses (Level 3)
