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Scoping review
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3946-26-00-01There are 14 available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 19/10/2026
Date and time23.11.2026, at: 08:30 - 25.11.2026, at: 16:00
Regular seats16
Course fee5,520.00 kr.
LecturersThordis Thomsen
Ann Merete Møller
Susanne Vahr Lauridsen
ECTS credits2.00
Contact personKarin Frydenlund Jespersen    E-mail address: karin.frydenlund.jespersen@regionh.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration SUND    E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment guidelines
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.


Participants
PhD 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 Lauridsen
Senior Researcher, RN, Herlev University Hospital and 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 Lauridsen, Senior Researcher, RN, Herlev University Hospital og WHO-CC Parker Institute,Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg hospital



Dates
Mandag den 23. november 2026
Tirsdag den 24. november 2026
Onsdag den 25. november 2026


Course location
Mærsk, KU


Registration
Please register before 19. oktober 2026


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.

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