Bringing together conceptualisations of the health advocacy competence across the continuum of medical education: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health advocacy (HA) is acknowledged as a core competence in medical education. However, varying and sometimes conflicting conceptualisations of HA exist, making it challenging to integrate the competence consistently. While this diversity highlights the need for a deeper understanding of HA conceptualisations, a comprehensive analysis across the continuum of medical education is absent in the literature. This protocol has been developed to clarify the conceptual dimensions of the HA competence in literature as applied to medical education.

Methods and analysis

The review will be conducted in line with the JBI (formerly Joanna Briggs Institute) methodology for scoping reviews. A comprehensive literature search was developed and already carried out in eight acade

SUBMITTER: Oosthoek WRW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306260 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature