Josip Car|Jan Carlstedt?Duke|Lorainne Tudor Car|Paul Posadzki|Penny Whiting|Nabil Zary|Rifat Atun|Azeem Majeed|James Campbell
Digital Education in Health Professions: The Need for Overarching Evidence Synthesis
synthesizing evidence randomized controlled trials digital health education poses challenges include lack clear categorization digital health education literature constantly evolving concepts pedagogies theories multitude methods features technologies delivery settings digital health education collaboration established evaluate evidence digital education health professions inform policymakers educators students ultimately change way professionals learn taught aim paper present overarching methodology use synthesize evidence across digital health education reviews discuss challenges related process research followed cochrane recommendations conduct systematic reviews reviews reported according prisma preferred reporting items systematic reviews metaanalyses guidance included assembling experts various digital health education fields identifying gaps evidence base formulating focused research questions aims outcome measures choosing appropriate search terms databases defining inclusion exclusion criteria running searches jointly librarians information specialists managing abstracts retrieving fulltext versions papers extracting storing large datasets critically appraising quality studies analyzing data discussing findings drawing meaningful conclusions drafting research papers approach used synthesizing evidence digital health education trials commonly regarded rigorous benchmark conducting systematic reviews although acknowledge presence certain biases ingrained process clearly highlighted minimized biases strictly adhering scientific rigor methodological integrity standard operating procedures paper valuable asset researchers methodologists undertaking systematic reviews digital health education