The RAMESES PROJECTS
Standards and training materials
Outputs for the RAMESES I and II projects are published here - namely publication or peporting standards; quality standards and; resources and training materials.
The RAMESES I project produced:
Publication standards for realist syntheses
Quality standards for realist syntheses
Training materials for realist syntheses
Publication standards for meta-narrative reviews
Quality standards for meta-narrative reviews
Training materials for meta-narrative reviews
The RAMESES II project produced:
Reporting standards for realist evaluations
Quality standards for realist evaluations
Resources and training materials for realist evaluations
Publication & reporting standards
RAMESES publication standards: Realist syntheses
Wong G. et al, (2013), Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69, 1005 - 1022
RAMESES publication standards: Meta-narrative reviews
Wong G. et al, (2013), Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69, 987 - 1004
Quality standards
Realist synthesis - Quality standards for funders or commissioners of research
69 KB, PDF document
Realist synthesis - Quality standards for researchers and peer-reviews
95 KB, PDF document
Meta-narrative reviews - Quality standards for researchers and peer-reviews
71 KB, PDF document
If you would like to read about how to use these quality standards and how they were developed please read: Quality standards for realist syntheses and meta-narrative reviews.
Training materials
Realist synthesis - Training materials
779 KB, PDF document
Meta-narrative reviews - Training materials
212 KB, PDF document