A model six-month workshop for developing systematic review protocols at teaching hospitals: action research and scholarly productivity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research engagement contributes to the improvement of patient care. A systematic review is a suitable first scholarly activity because it entails summarization of publicly available data and usually requires neither rigorous ethical review nor research funding.

Methods

This study aimed to develop a model workshop for healthcare staff to acquire skills in creating systematic review protocols based on their own clinical questions at teaching hospitals. We used an action research method to create a model workshop at four hospitals in Japan from April 2015 to March 2017. To improve the program, we solicited reflections using participant questionnaires for each lecture and examined the quality of homework submitted by participants after each lecture. We administered a

SUBMITTER: Tsujimoto H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature