Methods for knowledge synthesis: An overview

Whittemore, Robin; Chao, Ariana M.; Jang, Myoungock; Minges, Karl E.; Park, Chorong

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.05.014

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“…[22] This scoping review will allow the authors to gain a broader understanding of virtual mentoring in nursing education and identify any research gaps regarding virtual mentoring in nursing education. [18,23] The methodology to support the scoping review was guided by Arksey & O'Malley's [18] methodology and included research and nonresearch articles, as well as grey literature. There are four steps associated with Arksey & O'Malley's [18] methodology and they include identifying the research question, identifying relevant studies, study selection, and charting the data.…”

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Virtual mentoring in nursing education: A scoping review of the literature

Clement

Welch

2017

JNEP

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Background and objective: Large numbers of nurse educators are retiring, creating a paucity of experienced advisors and research investigators to mentor nurse educators. The guiding of doctoral students in nursing is at a demanding crossroad. A new mentoring approach is needed within nursing education to support doctoral students who wish to transition to nursing education and current nurse educators who wish to further the science of nursing education. A scoping review was conducted to determine what is currently known from the existing literature about virtual mentoring in nursing education. Methods: Literature published between 2012 and 2017 was reviewed from two electronic databases using the key words virtual mentoring, e-mentoring, cyber mentoring, online mentoring, tele-mentoring, nursing education, and college or university or higher education. The framework from Arksey and O'Malley was utilized for this study. Results: Two themes have been identified: Technological Support for the Virtual Mentoring Role and Evolving Virtual Mentoring Programs in Nursing Education. Conclusions: The available current research fails to adequately answer the research question. Further research into doctoral nursing graduates lived experience of a formal virtual mentoring program and building upon the virtual mentoring experience is needed.

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Virtual mentoring in nursing education: A scoping review of the literature

Clement

Welch

2017

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“…Among the different kinds of knowledge synthesis methodologies (Grant and Booth 2009;Whittemore et al 2014), the one that best suits the aims of this study is the scoping methodology. The scoping review (or scoping study) is a form of knowledge synthesis that addresses an exploratory research question aimed at mapping key concepts, types of evidence, and gaps in research related to a defined area or field by systematic searching, selecting, and synthesizing of existing knowledge (Colquhoun et al 2014).…”

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Emerging Adults’ Financial Well-being: A Scoping Review

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“…By combining different search strategies it was hoped to justify some of the selection bias associated with a scoping review, and to address the vulnerability and risk of making errors linked to a selective search strategy (Whittemore et al, 2014).…”

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Exploring work-related attributions of sickness absence during organizational change

Grønstad

2017

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Purpose: The present article reviews the literature on the relationship between organizational change and sickness absence and seeks to map and describe the prevailing "trends" in the field. In particular, the paper focuses on the indirect links between change and sickness absence and identifies knowledge gaps and novel research opportunities. Design/Methodology/Approach: A scoping review was conducted seeking to generate a wide-ranging overview of relevant studies. To this end, research articles were collected through different sources of landmark articles, bibliographies and databases. Findings: The association between organizational change and sickness absence is often explained by adverse changes in work characteristics. Such potential mediation or moderation effects, however, are rarely statistically tested. Including such variables in the analyses may represent an important avenue for future research. Additionally, earlier studies have mainly emphasized organization-wide episodic changes. Recently however, researchers have focused on smaller and frequently implemented changes. Accordingly, the field of organizational change and occupational health may advance by incorporating greater diversity of change type. Originality/Value: The article demonstrates that attention to the potential health effects of organizational change will remain important as the field of workplace health management proceeds. Research needs to develop beyond attributions of the relationship between change and sickness absence and focus more on statistical testing of linking variables. The unique contribution of this review is therefore that it identifies knowledge gaps and novel avenues for prospective research.

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Methods for knowledge synthesis: An overview

Cited by 253 publications

References 75 publications

Virtual mentoring in nursing education: A scoping review of the literature

Virtual mentoring in nursing education: A scoping review of the literature

Emerging Adults’ Financial Well-being: A Scoping Review

Exploring work-related attributions of sickness absence during organizational change

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