Scoping reviews in medical education: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Over the last two decades, the number of scoping reviews in core medical education journals has increased by 4200%. Despite this growth, research on scoping reviews provides limited information about their nature, including how they are conducted or why medical educators undertake this knowledge synthesis type. This gap makes it difficult to know where the field stands and may hamper attempts to improve the conduct, reporting and utility of scoping reviews. Thus, this review characterises the nature of medical education scoping reviews to identify areas for improvement and highlight future research opportunities.

Method

The authors searched PubMed for scoping reviews published between 1/1999 and 4/2020 in 14 medical education journals. The authors extracted and su

SUBMITTER: Maggio LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247025 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature