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Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Feb, 2022;47 (2): 129-134.

Practical guide to undertaking scoping reviews for pharmacy clinicians, researchers and policymakers.

Hanan Khalil, Patricia McInerney, Danielle Pollock, Lindsay Alexander, Zac Munn, Andrea C Tricco, Christina M Godfrey, Micah D J Peters
Author Information
  1. Hanan Khalil: Department of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ORCID
  2. Patricia McInerney: Wits-JBI Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: A JBI Affiliated Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  3. Danielle Pollock: JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  4. Lindsay Alexander: School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
  5. Zac Munn: JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  6. Andrea C Tricco: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  7. Christina M Godfrey: Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
  8. Micah D J Peters: Clinical and Health Sciences, Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
PMID: 34714560 DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.13558

Abstract

WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE: Scoping reviews are a valuable evidence synthesis methodology. They can be used to map the evidence related to any topic to allow examination of practice, methods, policy and where (and how) future research could be undertaken. As such, they are a useful form of evidence synthesis for pharmacy clinicians, researchers and policymakers to review a broad range of evidence sources.
COMMENT: This commentary presents the most comprehensive and up to date methodology for scoping reviews published by Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). This approach builds upon two older approaches by Arksey and O'Malley, and Levac. To assist reviewers working in the field of pharmacy with planning and conducting scoping reviews, this paper describes how to undertake scoping reviews from inception to publication with specific examples related to pharmacy topics.
WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION: The JBI scoping review methodology is a valuable evidence synthesis approach to the field of pharmacy and therapeutics. This approach can assist pharmacy clinicians, researchers and policymakers to gain an understanding of the extant literature, to identify gaps, to explore concepts, characteristics and to examine current practice.

Keywords

evidence synthesis mapping methodology scoping reviews

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MeSH Term

Administrative Personnel
Algorithms
Humans
Pharmacists
Research Design
Research Personnel
Scoping Reviews As Topic
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