Table 2

Screening criteria

Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria
InterventionAll material focusing on changes, adaptations or innovations during COVID-19 at a curricula or programme level.Material focused on changes made at a grass-roots level (eg, to the delivery of a teaching session)
SettingStudies of postgraduate medical education in the UK.Studies relating to the undergraduate medical education setting within the UK or any setting outside the UK
ParticipantsDoctors at any stage of postgraduate training, within any specialty; their supervisors in any capacity, employers, and educational organisations (HEE, NES, etc.).International literature focused on COVID-19 derogations outside of a UK context
Study designAll study designs. Empirical studies. White papers, grey literature not published in a peer-reviewed and indexed journal (eg, conference papers, abstracts, and posters).Commentaries, letters, books, book chapters
LanguagePublished in the English language.Non-English language papers
OtherNot applicable.Those without full text following contact of the corresponding author
  • HEE, Health Education England; NES, NHS Education for Scotland.