Challenges in systematic reviews of educational intervention studies.
Educators have recognized the need to apply evidence-based approaches to medical training. To do so, medical educators must have access to reliable evidence on the impact of educational interventions. This paper describes 5 methodologic challenges to performing systematic reviews of educational interventions for health care professionals: finding reports of medical education interventions, assessing quality of study designs, assessing the scope of interventions, assessing the evaluation of interventions, and synthesizing the results of educational interventions. We offer suggestions for addressing these challenges and make recommendations for reporting, reviewing, and appraising interventions in medical education.
Reed
Darcy
D
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. reed.darcy@mayo.edu
Price
Eboni G
EG
Windish
Donna M
DM
Wright
Scott M
SM
Gozu
Aysegul
A
Hsu
Edbert B
EB
Beach
Mary Catherine
MC
Kern
David
D
Bass
Eric B
EB
D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012196:Review Literature as Topic