Protocol for a scoping review of work system design in health care

Oladunni Sarah Okunade; Victor O Oladokun; Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja; Anelisa Jaca; Charles Shey Wiysonge

doi:10.12688/f1000research.128913.2

Protocol for a scoping review of work system design in health care

F1000Res. 2023 Oct 30:12:21. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.128913.2. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Oladunni Sarah Okunade^{1

2}, Victor O Oladokun², Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja¹, Anelisa Jaca¹, Charles Shey Wiysonge^{1

3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Parow Valley 7500, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Ibadan, Oduduwa Road, Ibadan, 200132, Nigeria.
³ HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Overport 4091, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg 7505, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.

Abstract

Background: Delivery of safe and reliable healthcare to patients and the healthcare workforce shortage amidst growing demand has been major challenge to the healthcare system. Addressing this challenge calls for designing or redesigning of healthcare work system. Work system design which is usually associated with productivity in manufacturing offers a wide spectrum of applicability in addressing this challenge of healthcare system. Despite the availability of primary studies on work system design in healthcare, there are sparse published reviews in specific contexts. This scoping review explores the existing evidence to understand the state of the art of work system design in healthcare.

Methods: The scoping review adopts the methodology of Joanna Briggs Institute for scoping review which is based on the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley. The search will be done on PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science for the identification of eligible studies. A grey literature search will also be performed. A two-phase screening and extraction of data will be done by two independent reviewers. Data extraction will be done on a pre-piloted data extraction form. The findings will be presented in tables, figures, and a narrative summary. The scoping review will highlight the state of the art, gaps in knowledge and provide directions for future research.

Ethics and dissemination: This is a scoping review of primary studies and therefore ethical approval is not required. The report of the findings will be presented in line with the PRISMA reporting guidelines for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). The results will be submitted to a peer-reviewed scientific journal for publication and presented at relevant conferences.

Keywords: Health care; Human factors; Macroergonomics; Time and motion study; System engineering; Work design; Work place design; Work system design.

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes*
Commerce*
Gray Literature
Health Facilities
Health Personnel
Humans
Review Literature as Topic
Systematic Reviews as Topic

Associated data

figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.21618258.v1

Grants and funding

The study was financially supported by the African German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES), through the “Programme Advocating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics” (grant number: N/A). OSO is supported by the fund to carry out this study at the South Africa Medical Research Council, Cape Town. I confirm that the funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.