A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally
Abstract Background The training of optometrists aims to prepare practitioners with critical thinking skills who utilise their education and experience to solve clinical problems in real-life practice. Professional competencies should inform assessment, and as such, assessment methods for learning s...
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| description | Abstract Background The training of optometrists aims to prepare practitioners with critical thinking skills who utilise their education and experience to solve clinical problems in real-life practice. Professional competencies should inform assessment, and as such, assessment methods for learning should encompass a wide range of approaches. The objective of this scoping review is therefore to map assessment approaches utilised within optometry education programmes globally. Methods This study is a scoping review based on the PRISMA methodology. The review will be guided by the following research question, “What are the assessment approaches that inform optometry training globally?”. This was validated by the Population-Concept-Context framework according to the methodology for Joanna Briggs Institution Scoping Reviews. Relevant peer-reviewed studies and grey literature conducted during the last 10 years will be identified from electronic databases including CINAHL, PubMed, PROquest and ERIC. The search strings using keywords such as “Optometry students and staff”, “Assessments” and “Optometry education” will be conducted using Boolean logic. An independent reviewer will conduct all title screening, two independent reviewers will conduct abstract and full article screening, followed by data extraction. Thereafter, a thematic analysis will be conducted. The Mixed Method Appraisal Tool version 2018 will be used for quality appraisal of mapped studies. Discussion The review will document evidence of assessment approaches utilised in optometry training globally. Considering the exit level competencies required in the basic job function of an optometrist, a coherence in assessment approaches and relevant rationale for these would be expected, if the accredited (regulated) training programmes follow a competency-based model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-617084a5914c4c6a9aa32729e98c79ab2022-12-21T19:31:06ZengBMCSystematic Reviews2046-40532022-02-011111510.1186/s13643-022-01906-7A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globallyDiane van Staden0Verusia Chetty1Alvin Jeffrey Munsamy2Discipline of OptometryDiscipline of PhysiotherapyDiscipline of OptometryAbstract Background The training of optometrists aims to prepare practitioners with critical thinking skills who utilise their education and experience to solve clinical problems in real-life practice. Professional competencies should inform assessment, and as such, assessment methods for learning should encompass a wide range of approaches. The objective of this scoping review is therefore to map assessment approaches utilised within optometry education programmes globally. Methods This study is a scoping review based on the PRISMA methodology. The review will be guided by the following research question, “What are the assessment approaches that inform optometry training globally?”. This was validated by the Population-Concept-Context framework according to the methodology for Joanna Briggs Institution Scoping Reviews. Relevant peer-reviewed studies and grey literature conducted during the last 10 years will be identified from electronic databases including CINAHL, PubMed, PROquest and ERIC. The search strings using keywords such as “Optometry students and staff”, “Assessments” and “Optometry education” will be conducted using Boolean logic. An independent reviewer will conduct all title screening, two independent reviewers will conduct abstract and full article screening, followed by data extraction. Thereafter, a thematic analysis will be conducted. The Mixed Method Appraisal Tool version 2018 will be used for quality appraisal of mapped studies. Discussion The review will document evidence of assessment approaches utilised in optometry training globally. Considering the exit level competencies required in the basic job function of an optometrist, a coherence in assessment approaches and relevant rationale for these would be expected, if the accredited (regulated) training programmes follow a competency-based model.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-01906-7Optometry educationAssessment approachesGlobal optometryCompetency-based trainingEye health |
| spellingShingle | Diane van Staden Verusia Chetty Alvin Jeffrey Munsamy A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally Systematic Reviews Optometry education Assessment approaches Global optometry Competency-based training Eye health |
| title | A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally |
| title_full | A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally |
| title_fullStr | A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally |
| title_full_unstemmed | A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally |
| title_short | A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally |
| title_sort | protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally |
| topic | Optometry education Assessment approaches Global optometry Competency-based training Eye health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-01906-7 |
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