Using AI to boost scoping reviews: exploring AI deployment in obstetrics and gynaecology as an exemplar

This paper explores how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to boost and supercharge scoping reviews. To demonstrate its power (comprehen-siveness), its efficiency (time effectiveness) and affordability (cost effec-tiveness), we explore the use of AI in obstetrics and gynaecology as a vehi-cle to test our new hybrid review process. We carried out: (1) a traditional scoping review, and (2) a traditional scoping review boosted by artificial intelligence tools. We provide an overview of the extensive and varied lit-erature related to our topic of interest: the use of AI in obstetrics and gynae-cology. We compare and contrast the outcomes of the different options. We conclude that the use of AI tools can enrich and extend the scope of scoping reviews (using a so-called “Hybrid Review”), but only if the prompts are carefully and thoughtfully crafted.