8.3.2 Narrative Review – Main Content – Introductory Paragraph and Subheadings

Beverley Glass

Narrative Review – Main Content

To develop the main content of the narrative review – the process of analysis synthesis and evaluation is conducted.  Read through this interactive asset below to learn more.

Readings – Narrative Reviews

Reading 1: Basheer, The Art and Science of Writing Narrative Reviews, International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research 9(2):p 124-126, Jul–Dec 2022.  DOI: 10.4103/ijamr.ijamr_234_2. Available at https://journals.lww.com/iamr/Fulltext/2022/09020/The_Art_and_Science_of_Writing_Narrative_Reviews.12.aspx

Reading 2: Sarkar and Bhatia, Writing and appraising narrative reviews, Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research 10(3):p 169-172, Jul–Sep 2021.  DOI: 10.4103/jcsr.jcsr_1_21. Available at https://journals.lww.com/jcsr/Fulltext/2021/10030/Writing_and_appraising_narrative_reviews.8.aspx

Reading 3: Sukhera, Narrative Reviews: Flexible, Rigorous, and Practical. JGrad Med Educ 2022 Aug; 14(4) 414-417. Available at https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9380636/

MAIN CONTENT
If you are numbering sections, this heading would be 3 and the Introduction is 1 and Methods 2.

  • Introductory paragraph – includes a broad background sentence that provides the reader with what is in the subsequent subheadings.
  • Subheadings – do not have a subheading for each article – you need to synthesize and evaluate your articles to include – 2-5 subheadings.
  • Strengths and limitations of the review – should finish off your main content i.e. strengths and limitations of this narrative review.

 

Activity1️⃣:  15 mins

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