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Background: It is important to avoid information overload, and expedite the review process whilst maintaining high quality and rigour. Rapid reviews have emerged as an efficient approach to synthesizing evidence. In a rapid review, the components of the systematic review process are simplified or omitted.
Objectives: To describe the review process we followed to gather perspectives of how prepared UK medical graduates are for practice.
Methods: We used a targeted search for all types of studies published in the UK from 2009 to 2013. Due to the topic area, we were obliged to search list of databases relating to health, medicine, education and psychology. To assess study quality we used criteria specifically adapted from the Medical Education Research Study Quality Inventory (MERSQI; Reed 2007). Data extraction was undertaken using Atlas.ti software.
Results: The search retrieved 3762 studies, of which we excluded 2145 papers. After removal of duplicates and irrelevant studies, 1617 studies were selected using the inclusion and exclusion criteria, resulting in a further n = 1410 documents being excluded. Two reviewers independently assessed 163 studies subsequently 82 papers included in the review after quality assessment.
Conclusions: To overcome information overload is an important issue. We will discuss the challenges we faced during the review process.
Reference: Reed DA, Cook DA, Beckman TJ, Levine RB, Kern DE, Wright SM. Association between funding and quality of published medical education research. JAMA 2007;298(9):1002-9.
Objectives: To describe the review process we followed to gather perspectives of how prepared UK medical graduates are for practice.
Methods: We used a targeted search for all types of studies published in the UK from 2009 to 2013. Due to the topic area, we were obliged to search list of databases relating to health, medicine, education and psychology. To assess study quality we used criteria specifically adapted from the Medical Education Research Study Quality Inventory (MERSQI; Reed 2007). Data extraction was undertaken using Atlas.ti software.
Results: The search retrieved 3762 studies, of which we excluded 2145 papers. After removal of duplicates and irrelevant studies, 1617 studies were selected using the inclusion and exclusion criteria, resulting in a further n = 1410 documents being excluded. Two reviewers independently assessed 163 studies subsequently 82 papers included in the review after quality assessment.
Conclusions: To overcome information overload is an important issue. We will discuss the challenges we faced during the review process.
Reference: Reed DA, Cook DA, Beckman TJ, Levine RB, Kern DE, Wright SM. Association between funding and quality of published medical education research. JAMA 2007;298(9):1002-9.