Challenges & Solutions in Scoping Reviews

Scoping reviews are becoming a popular form of evidence synthesis. However, reviewers often face difficult challenges from developing the a priori protocol to finalising the review report for publication and developing implications or recommendations for research, policy, and practice from the results of the review. This recorded seminar discusses each challenge, and provides solutions that can be implemented by research teams.

Assoc Prof Hanan Khalil, member of the JBI scoping review methodology group, presents 'Challenges and solutions'. Other members of the methodology group who participated include Assoc Prof Zachary Munn, Dr Catrin Evans, Dr Lyndsay Alexander, Dr Patricia McInerney and host Dr Danielle Pollock.

00:00 Welcome and introduction
04:00 What are scoping reviews?
09:27 Development of scoping review methodology
12:09 Challenges of scoping review methodology
13:13 When is a scoping review appropriate?
20:40 What data to extract and how to analyse results
28:43 Presenting the results
37:26 Examples of poor quality scoping reviews
42:21 Is a realist review more appropriate for recommendations?
46:03 Scoping reviews versus integrative reviews
54:57 Mapping review & scoping review: what's the difference?
58:32 Can risk appraisal be included in a scoping review?
1:02:58 Grey literature searching
1:07:19 Advice for PhD students
1:10:22 How are search strategies reported?
1:12:47 Stakeholder engagement
1:15:00 Publishing a scoping review protocol
1:16:16 Can you have too many evidence sources?

Resources:
Scoping Review methodology: https://synthesismanual.jbi.global
Scoping Review Network: https://jbi.global/scoping-review-net...
Scoping Review Workshop: https://jbi.global/education/scoping-...

Articles mentioned:

'Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach': https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentr...

'Constructing a search strategy and searching for evidence. A guide to the literature search for a systematic review': https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fu...

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