By Karen MacKinnon, RN, MScN, PhD
Setting the stage: The “JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports has and will continue to see an exponential rise in the diversity of reviews published that follow the different methodological approaches available. Regardless of the type of review undertaken, however, once a topic has been identified, a specific, answerable question needs to be developed. Formulation of a review question is step one in the systematic review process; the question puts the review process in motion, provides the foundation for the development of the search strategy and forms the basis for the inclusion and exclusion criteria.” Dr. Cindy Stern , Senior Research Fellow, Evidence Transfer, The Joanna Briggs Institute published in JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports 2015;13(9) 1 – 2.
As a result two teams were developed to present the arguments for and against the use of a long list of pre-structured mnemonics for JBI reviews. The debate represented a history within JBI international conferences of using humor to explore issues in depth and to keep conference attendees awake after lunch. Dr. Kim Sears (Queens) moderated the session with the “for” side ably represented by Dr. Marilyn Macdonald (Dalhousie) and Dr. Rosemary Wilson (Queens). Taking up the “nay” position was Dr. Karen MacKinnon (UVic) and Dr. Lisa Keeping-Burke (UNB) who were declared the winning team by audience applause. Although “you really had to be there” to appreciate the thought provoking philosophical arguments presented, Karen would like to present the winning strategy, a song created and performed by the “nay” team.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G…
That’s far too many acronyms for me…
Q, R, S… (Time to rest…) T U V…
W, X… (extra work that is)…
Y & Zee (Why did we start down this path? In Canada we say Zed not Zee eh !!!)
Now I know JBIs A, B, Cs…
(faster) PICOs, PEO, PAO, PIRD, COCOPOPS & (slower & sing) PCC!
The esteemed prize: a bobblehead of Professor Alan Pearson, the founder of the Joanna Briggs Institute in Adelaide Australia.
Follow the Alan bobblehead’s travels on twitter by searching #whereisjbialan
From the 2016 Fall Communiqué — 40th Anniversary Issue
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