Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Jan 18, 2021
Date Accepted: May 12, 2021
Protocol for a Scoping Review on Career Development of Academic Staff in Faculties of Dentistry by Means of Mentorship Programs
ABSTRACT
Background:
Globally, the demands on dental educators continue to diversify and expand. The importance and value of mentoring programs have been acknowledged as a means of recruiting, developing, and retaining academics in dental education.
Objective:
This protocol is for a review which aims to identify the goals of mentoring programs for academic staff in dental faculties, and how these programs were structured, delivered, and evaluated.
Methods:
The review will be performed in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute’s (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews, covering both qualitative and quantitative scientific literature as well as grey literature, written in English between 2000 and 2020. The databases will include PubMed; Ovid; ERIC, Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scholar, Trove, Web of Science, Openthesis.org, and the website of the American Dental Education Association (www.adea.org). A manual search will also be conducted using the reference lists of included studies to identify additional articles. Working independently, the authors will participate iteratively in screening the literature and paper selection and data extraction. Disagreements between the reviewers will be resolved by discussion until consensus is reached or after consultation with the research team.
Results:
Key information relevant to the review questions will be extracted from the selected articles and imported into an MS Excel file. Using a narrative review, the ‘Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension for Scoping Reviews’ will guide the reporting of this protocol.
Conclusions:
The development of a formal mentorship program for academic staff in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa will be negotiated.
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