The phrase "a useful overview of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a summary or general description of a topic, concept, or subject matter.
Example: "This article provides a useful overview of the latest trends in renewable energy."
Alternatives: "an informative summary of" or "a helpful outline of".
For instance, the summary outputs of monthly patient registration by healthcare, further broken-down by age-group and gender, provides us with a useful overview of data collection.
Despite the limitations linked to the sources of data we used, this study provides a useful overview of the zygomycosis incidence trends over a decade at a western European country level.
Giuliano Vivaldi has written a useful overview of Barnet's career at Bright Lights Film Journal.
Rail travel advice website Seat 61 has a useful overview of the accommodation on each type of train.
The book reproduces all the major paintings as well as sketches and other work, and provides a useful overview of Homer's career.
Ms. Willis organizes the book into five time periods, supplying a useful overview of each, along with short biographies of the photographers.
This review gives a useful overview on the catalytic applications of MOFs regarding their structural developments toward catalyst fabrication.
Despite this decentralization of authority and responsibility, the Swiss Federal legislation provides a useful overview for the evolution of societal goals over time (Table 1).
Kimball also provides a useful overview and analysis of the "compulsory licensing" provisions, and the protocols for Trade-Related Aspectheof Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Chapter 7 gives a useful overview and synthesis of disease interactions in the Serengeti.
The exhibition is in the end a scholastically useful overview of Mongol art, which undercuts itself a bit through titular hype, although its ultimate value, as with all exhibitions of beautiful things, comes from hanging works like the Shahnama on the wall and just letting people look.
