The scoping review is gaining popularity as an approach to reviewing literature to synthesize research evidence, especially in addressing broad topics.

This workshop provides an overview of scoping review and how to apply the six stage-process to design protocol for scoping review.

Objectives

At the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to

• Describe the process of scoping review
• Manage effective literature search
• Design a scoping review protocol

Benefits of Scoping Review

• Provides objective and comprehensive findings
• Recognized as independent research that can be published.

FACILITATORS

Dr Noor Safiza binti Mohamad Nor
Deputy Director  Policy and Strategic Planning Section, Division of Allied Health Sciences, Ministry of Health Malaysia

Prof Dato’ Dr Maimunah A Hamid
Professor, Community Medicine;  Associate Dean (Human Resource, Community & Industrial Linkages)
School of Medicine, International Medical University

Dr Hally Sreerama Reddy Chandrashekhar Thummala
Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, International Medical University