Scoping reviews in health professions education: challenges, considerations and lessons learned about epistemology and methodology

• Published in: Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 989 - 1002
• Main Authors: Thomas, Aliki, Lubarsky, Stuart, Varpio, Lara, Durning, Steven J., Young, Meredith E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Allied Health Occupations Education; Clinical Diagnosis; Education; Educational Research; Epistemology; Evidence; Fundamental Concepts; Health Occupations; Health Occupations - education; Health sciences; Humans; Knowledge; Literature Reviews; Medical Education; Medical research; Methods; Philosophy; Reflections; Research Methodology; Researchers; Scoping Reviews As Topic; Reviews; Epistemology; Methodology; Scoping; Challenges; Methods

Scoping reviews are increasingly used in health professions education to synthesize research and scholarship, and to report on the depth and breadth of the literature on a given topic. In this Perspective, we argue that the philosophical stance scholars adopt during the execution of a scoping review...