Scoping Review Scoping reviews are a "preliminary assessment of potential size and scope of available research literature. Aims to identify nature and extent of research evidence (usually including ongoing research)." 1. What is Scoping Review ? 2. Alternative Name of Scoping Review? 3. Characteristics of Scoping Review? 4. Limitation of Scoping Review?

1. Scoping
Review
Scoping Review
Steps of Scoping
Review
Limitation of
Scoping Review
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Characteristics of
Scoping Review

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Review
Scoping Review
Scoping reviews are a "preliminary
assessment of potential size and scope
of available research literature. Aims to
identify nature and extent of research
evidence (usually including ongoing
research).
(Grant & Booth, 2009)

3. Scoping
Review
Steps of Scoping
Review
Step 1: Identifying the Research Question
Step 2: Identifying Relevant Studies
Step 3: Selecting Studies to Be Included in
the Review
Step 4: Charting the Data
Step 5: Collating, Summarizing, and
Reporting the Results
Step 6: Consulting Stakeholders (Optional)
(Armstrong et al., 2011; Mak & Thomas, 2022).

4. Step 1: Identifying the
Research Question
Step 2: Identifying
Relevant Studies
Step 3: Selecting Studies to
Be Included in the Review
Step 4: Charting the
Data
Step 5: Collating, Summarizing,
and Reporting the Results
Step 6: Consulting
Stakeholders (Optional)

5. Scoping
Review
Characteristics of
Scoping Review
• The scoping review is done prior to a
systematic review.
• Identify and map the available evidence.
• To summarize and disseminate research
findings in the research literature.

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Review
Characteristics of
Scoping Review
• Identify gaps with the intention of resolution by
future publications.
• Examining emerging evidence when specific
questions are unclear - clarify definitions and
conceptual boundaries

7. Scoping
Review
Limitation of Scoping
Review
Scoping Review is not easier than a systematic
review.
Scoping Review is not faster than a systematic
review, may take longer.
Scoping Review requires multiple structured
searches instead of one.

8. Scoping
Review
Limitation of Scoping
Review
Increased emphasis for hand searching the
literature.
It may require larger teams because of larger
volume of literature.

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Review
References
Armstrong, R., Hall, B. J., Doyle, J., & Waters, E. (2011). ‘Scoping the
scope’of a cochrane review. Journal of public health, 33(1), 147-150.
Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis
of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health information
& libraries journal, 26(2), 91-108.
Mak, S., & Thomas, A. (2022). Steps for conducting a scoping review.
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 14(5), 565-567.

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Review
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