Utilisation of simulation-based training to teach bedside management of acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding: a scoping review protocol

Our review will follow the six-stage framework outlined by Arksey and O'Malley while considering elaborations and guidance made by Levac <i>et al</i> and the Joanna Briggs Institute. The protocol and review will be created in alignment with the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses-scoping review checklist and explanatory paper. Using a carefully constructed search strategy, the following databases will be queried from their inception through 31 December 2025: PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and ERIC. Following the initial database query and two-step screening process, included articles will be systematically examined and will serve as our data source. Our efforts will ultimately answer the following research question: <i>How is simulation-based training currently used to teach bedside management of GIB to physicians (residents, fellows and attending physicians), and how are these simulation-based training exercises studied and evaluated?</i> ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board is not required for this study since all investigations are being carried out on previously published manuscripts. Final results will be compiled and submitted for publication once the study has been completed and all data has been charted/analysed.