Clinical teaching unit design: a realist systematic review protocol of evidence-based practices for clinical education and health service delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The clinical teaching unit (CTU) has emerged as a near-ubiquitous model of clinical education across Canadian and international medical schools since it was first proposed over 50 years ago. However, while healthcare has changed dramatically over this period, the CTU model has remained largely unchanged. We thus aimed to systematically review principles of CTU design that contribute to improved outcomes in clinical education and health service delivery.

Methods and analysis

We will perform a realist systematic review in accordance with the Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards (RAMESES) II protocol for realist reviews. Databases, including MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Cumulative Index of Nursing and All

SUBMITTER: Tang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050373 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature