Table 1 Eligibility criteria involving PICoS (a modified PICO framework)
From: Approaches to locum physician recruitment and retention: a systematic review
PICoS | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
Population | Physician locums, fill-in physicians, temporary physicians or locum, temporary physicians in training (e.g., medical students, residents, or fellows) | Non-physician healthcare workers (e.g., nurses, physician assistants, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, optometrists, dentists, audiologists) lacking an accredited medical degree Permanent non-locum physicians |
Interest | Recruitment and retention of locum physicians at the individual level | Proxy or composite locum recruitment and retention strategies Indirect or inferred locum recruitment or retention strategies Locum recruitment and retention strategies at the managerial, department, organizational or systemic level |
Context | Any country Hospital or clinical setting | Non-healthcare settings (e.g., laboratories, pharmaceutical industries, insurance agencies, mines, biotechnology firms, consultant agencies, or medical consultant agencies) |
Study type | Qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods original research in the English language | Secondary research unavailable in English language |