Table 2.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

	Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
Population	• Medical students • Medical curriculum developers	• Postgraduate and/or non-medical students
Intervention	• Curriculum initiatives that describe elements of original or advanced research as per WFME 2015 definition • Curriculum initiatives that involve data collection by medical students	• Curriculum initiatives that pertain to WFME Basic Standards • Non-MB curriculum initiatives • Student Led Initiatives
Outcomes	• Academic performance • Demonstration of objective active research skills acquisition by the medical students • Feasibility issue discussion • Inspired students to do further research • Objective improvement in students research skills • Output of active research • Report curriculum developers’ motivations for active research curriculum initiatives • Report student motivations for doing research • Self-reported active research skills acquisition by the medical students • Sufficient description of the active research initiatives	• Insufficient description of the active research initiatives (i.e., not enough description of the research initiative for it to be reproduced by another medical school)
Study type	• Studies in the published literature in English / French / Spanish	• Studies in other languages apart from English / French / Spanish • Letters / Opinion papers