An opinion piece on conducting a scoping review

Scoping reviews influence future research practice, programmes, and policy and are a technique used to systematically map the evidence across various study types in an area. Scoping reviews are desperately needed in the health sector, particularly in South Africa. This article highlights what a scop...

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Published inWound healing southern Africa Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 36 - 39
Main Author Choonara, YM
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pretoria Medpharm Publications 01.11.2022
Subjects
Evidence-based medicine
gaps in research
Mapping
Medical research
Research methodology
review
Scoping
Synopsis
Systematic review
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Summary:Scoping reviews influence future research practice, programmes, and policy and are a technique used to systematically map the evidence across various study types in an area. Scoping reviews are desperately needed in the health sector, particularly in South Africa. This article highlights what a scoping review is, its importance and how to conduct one; it also offers fundamental recommendations to help inexperienced researchers succeed with their scoping study.
ISSN:1998-8885
2076-8893
DOI:10.10520/ejc-mp_whsa_v15_n2_a3