Scoping reviews, a type of knowledge synthesis, follow a systematic approach to map evidence
on a topic and identify main concepts, theories, sources, and knowledge gaps. Although …

Background Educational meetings are used widely by health personnel to provide
continuing medical education and to promote implementation of innovations or translate new …

OBJECTIVES To review and synthesize the literature in the following areas: the association
of specific circulating 25 (OH) D concentrations with bone health outcomes in children, …

Background: Competency-based education (CBE) has emerged in the health professions to
address criticisms of contemporary approaches to training. However, the literature has no …

Aims The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of community
health workers in supporting the care of persons with diabetes. Methods Computerized …

Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in
review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic …

Background Checking reference lists to identify relevant studies for systematic reviews is
frequently recommended by systematic review manuals and is often undertaken by review …

BACKGROUND: The contributions of community health workers (CHWs) in the delivery of
culturally relevant programs for hypertension control have been studied since the 1970s. This …

Background A knowledge synthesis attempts to summarize all pertinent studies on a specific
question, can improve the understanding of inconsistencies in diverse evidence, and can …

New approaches to evidence synthesis, which use human effort and machine automation in
mutually reinforcing ways, can enhance the feasibility and sustainability of living systematic …