Scoping review
Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen
This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list.
The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. Understand the differences between a scoping review and a systematic review and when to choose which approach
2. Have knowledge of the development of different methodological approaches to scoping reviews
3. Understand the steps involved in conducting a scoping review and outline a protocol for a scoping review
4. Critically appraise a scoping review
5. Put into perspective the contribution of scoping reviews to evidence-based practice
Content
This course will provide an introduction to how the scoping review methodology has evolved over time. Furthermore, students will be introduced to the difference between systematic reviews and scoping reviews, including when to use which approach. The steps involved in conducting a scoping review will be covered and the contribution of scoping reviews to evidence-based practice discussed.
Describe the course curriculum in terms of scientific topics covered.
Participants
Ph.d.-students planning to do a scoping review.
Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:
All graduate programmes
Language
Danish or English
Form
Group work, plenum, exercises, lectures
Course director
Thordis Thomsen
Professor, RN
Anæstesiologisk Forskningsenhed
Herlev og Gentofte Hospital
Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 1
2730 Herlev
Email: thordis.thomsen@regionh.dk
Arbejdstelefon: 38689708
Ann M. Møller
Professor, overlæge, dr.med.
Anæstesiologisk forskningsenhed
Herlev og Gentofte Hospital
Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 1
2730 Herlev
Email: ann.moeller@regionh.dk
Arbejdstelefon 3868287
Susanne Vahr Luaridsen
Senior Researcher
RN, Herlev University Hospital og WHO-CC Parker Institute
Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg hospital
Teachers
Ann M. Møller, Professor, consultant, DMSc. Herlev University Hospital
Thordis Thomsen, Clinical professor, RN, Herlev University Hospital
Susanne Vahr Luaridsen, Senior Researcher, RN, Herlev University Hospital og WHO-CC Parker Institute,Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg hospital
Dates
Tirsdag den 2. September 2025
Onsdag den 3. September 2025
Torsdag den 4. September 2025
Course location
Mærsk, KU
Registration
Please register before 5. August 2025
Expected frequency
If the course is recurrent and held at specific times each year, or you already know when the course is scheduled to be held again, you can state it here.
Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.
Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.