Wikipedia:Wikipedia in Health Professions Education/Search Strategies
Search Strategies[edit]
The following search strategies were used to find research articles about using Wikipedia for teaching health professional students.
- Databases: PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, ERIC, Web of Science
- PubMed Search Terms: Wikipedia AND (curriculum OR Education, Professional[mh] OR Students, Health Occupations[mh] OR Schools, Health Occupations[mh] OR “medical education”[tiab] OR medical student*[tiab] OR nursing student*[tiab] OR dental student*[tiab] OR pharmacy student*[tiab] OR veterinary student*[tiab] OR medical school*[tiab] OR nursing school*[tiab] OR veterinary school*[tiab] OR pharmacy education[tiab] OR nursing education[tiab] OR health professional student*[tiab]) AND english[lang]
- Embase Search Terms: ('wikipedia'/exp OR wikipedia) AND ('health student'/exp OR 'curriculum'/exp OR 'medical education'/exp OR 'paramedical education'/exp OR curriculum OR ((medical OR nursing OR pharmacy OR dental OR veterinary OR “health professional”) NEXT/2 (student* OR education OR school*)):ab,ti) AND [english]/lim
- CINAHL Search Terms: (wikipedia) AND (MH "Curriculum+" OR MH "Education, Health Sciences+" OR MH "Education, Clinical+" OR MH "Schools, Health Occupations+" OR MH "Students, Health Occupations+" OR ((medical OR nursing OR pharmacy OR dental OR veterinary OR “health professional” OR “health care” OR healthcare) W2 (student* OR education OR school*)))
- ERIC Search Terms: wikipedia AND (healthcare OR "health care" OR "health professional" OR medical OR medicine OR nursing OR dental OR veterinary OR pharmacy)
- Web of Science Search Terms: wikipedia AND (healthcare OR "health care" OR "health professional*" OR medical OR medicine OR nurs* OR dent* OR veterinar* OR pharm*)