Evaluation of an online systematic review escape room for early career clinicians and doctoral students.

Background: Systematic reviews are increasingly appearing in doctoral theses and being supported by librarians. There is, however, evidence that students struggle to undertake systematic reviews. Case Presentation: We sought to understand the perspectives of, and confidence utilising systematic revi...

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Publicado en:Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 113; no. 4; pp. 342 - 349
Autores principales: Cannon, Paul, McKee, Tracey
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System Oct2025
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          Cannon, Paul
          McKee, Tracey
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          Interns and Residents Psychosocial Factors
          Students Psychosocial Factors
          Education, Doctoral
          Learning Methods
          Systematic Review
          Psychology, Clinical
          Games Evaluation
          Internet-Based Intervention Evaluation
          Human
          United States
          Quantitative Studies
          Comparative Studies
          Surveys
          Learning Environment
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Descriptive Statistics
          Thematic Analysis
          Coding
          Time Pressure
          Skill Acquisition
      ab: Background: Systematic reviews are increasingly appearing in doctoral theses and being supported by librarians. There is, however, evidence that students struggle to undertake systematic reviews. Case Presentation: We sought to understand the perspectives of, and confidence utilising systematic review search methods following an online escape room teaching intervention as part of our in-person orientation session for Doctorate in Clinical Psychology trainees. Following the session, trainees were invited to participate in an online survey to which we received a 90% response rate (n=35). The escape room was enjoyed by most trainees with many using the words "fun" and "engaging" to describe the intervention, this despite more participants finding the escape room difficult. The average scores for confidence in utilising search syntax were positive, but there was a wide range of scores. Many of the comments that trainees made centred on time pressure to escape. We believe that allowing the trainees more time would increase their enjoyment of the game and aid their learning. Conclusion: Our systematic review escape room demonstrates that key methodological concepts and search skills can be taught in an active, fun, and engaging way that helps introduce and scaffold learning for latter in-depth teaching.
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