| Background: Professionalism is a core competency of medical residents in residency programs. Unprofessional
behavior has a negative influence on patient safety, quality of care, and interpersonal relationships. The objective of
this scoping review is to map the range of teaching methods of professionalism in medical residency programs (in
all specialties and in any setting, whether in secondary, primary, or community care settings). For doing so, all
articles which are written in English in any country, regardless of their research design and regardless of the
residents’ gender, year of study, and ethnic group will be reviewed.
Methods: This proposed scoping review will be directed in agreement with the methodology of the Joanna Briggs
Institute for scoping reviews. The six steps of Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework for conducting
scoping reviews, updated by Levac et al. (Implement. Sci. 5(1): 69, 2010) will be followed. The findings from this
study will be merged with those of the previous Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) systematic review. All
published and unpublished studies from 1980 until the end of 2019 will be reviewed, and the previous BEME
review will be updated by the findings of the articles from the beginning of 2010 until the end of 2019. All
research designs and all credible evidence will be included in this review.
Conclusions: Conducting this scoping review will map the teaching methods of professionalism and will provide
an inclusive evidence base to help the medical teachers in the choosing for proper teaching methods for use in
their teaching practice. |