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Table 1 search strategy (Medline Ovid, Embase, ERIC, RDRB)

From: Evidence based post graduate training. A systematic review of reviews based on the WFME quality framework

1.1)MEDLINE

OVID

 

Keywords

3 MESHS

 
 

Education, Medical, Graduate/or Education/

 
 

"Internship and Residency"/

 
 

Family Practice/ed [Education]

 
 

AND

 
 

2 Free terms: quality - standards

 

Date

April 23, 2009

 

Database

Medline Ovid

 

Search Strategy

1 exp Education, Medical, Graduate/or Education/

31768

 

2 exp "Internship and Residency"/

26607

 

3 Family Practice/ed [Education]

9044

 

4 1 or 3 or 2

59921

 

5 quality.mp.

412313

 

6 standard.mp.

350030

 

7 6 or 5

735413

 

8 train*.mp.

231585

 

9 8 and 4 and 7

2498

 

10 limit 9 to ("review articles" and humans and (dutch or english or french) and last 14 years)

131

 

11 from 10 keep 1-131

131

 

12 4 and 7

5248

 

13 limit 12 to ("review articles" and humans and (dutch or english or french) and last 14 years)

216

Note

3 MESHs exploded combined with 2 free terms of interest (quality - standards)

 

Date

April 23, 2009

 

Database

Medline OVID

 
 

17 Internship and Residency"/lj, ed, st, og [Legislation & Jurisprudence, Education, Standards, Organization & Administration]

4329

 

18 Education, Medical, Graduate/lj, ed, st, og [Legislation & Jurisprudence, Education, Standards, Organization & Administration]

3329

 

19 Family Practice/ed [Education]

9044

 

20 Family Practice/og, lj, st [Organization & Administration, Legislation & Jurisprudence, Standards]

8460

 

21 19 and 20

953

 

22 21 or 18 or 17

7833

 

23 limit 22 to ("review articles" and humans and yr = "1995-Current" and (dutch or english or french))

338

Note

3 MESHs focused on the topics of interest: legislation - education - standards - organization

 
 

Merge databases: 338 + 216 = 554 papers - 94 duplicates

 
 

= 460 papers

 

Date

April 24, 2009

 

Database

Medline Ovid

 

Search Strategy

1 Exp Education, Medical, Graduate/or Education/

31769

 

2 exp "Internship and Residency"/

26608

 

3 Family Practice/ed [Education]

9044

 

4 1 or 3 or 2

59923

 

21 train*.mp.

231625

 

33 staff*.mp.

140884

 

34 *"organization and administration"/or *annual reports as topic/or *"constitution and bylaws"/or governing board/or management audit/or management information systems/or mandatory programs/or organizational innovation/or program development/or public health administration/or total quality management/

67323

 

35 33 or 34 or 21

405544

 

36 35 and 4

23424

 

37 limit 36 to ("review articles" and humans and yr = "1995-Current" and (dutch or english or french))

646

Note

3 MESHs exploded combined with free terms (train* - staff*) and MESHs to reflect the WFME grid

 
 

Merge databases: 460 + 646 = 1106 papers - 316 duplicates

 
 

= 790 papers

 

1.2)EMBASE

  

Keywords

3 Emtree terms

 
 

"MEDICAL EDUCATION"/

 
 

"EDUCATION"/

 
 

"FAMILY PRACTICE"

 
 

AND

 
 

2 Free terms: quality - standards

 

Date

June 9, 2009

 

Database

Embase

 
 

1 'medical education'/exp AND [embase]/lim

99195

 

2 'education'/exp AND [embase]/lim

302046

 

3 'general practice'/exp AND [embase]/lim

25131

 

4 #1 OR #3 OR #2

320689

 

5 quality AND [embase]/lim

403812

 

6 standard AND [embase]/lim

329464

 

7 #5 OR #6

700932

 

8 train* AND [embase]/lim

206593

 

9 # 8 AND #4 AND #7

10658

 

10 #4 AND #7

46774

 

11 #4 AND #7 AND [review]/lim AND ([dutch]/lim OR [english]/lim OR [french]/lim) AND [embase]/lim AND [1995-2009]/py

7024

 

12 #4 AND #7 AND ([meta analysis]/lim OR [randomized controlled trial]/lim OR [systematic review]/lim) AND [review]/lim AND ([dutch]/lim OR [english]/lim OR [french]/lim) AND [embase]/lim AND [humans]lim AND [embase]/lim AND [1995-2009]/py

392

Note

3 Emtree terms combined with 2 free terms of interest (quality - standards)

 

Date

  

June 9, 2009

  

Database

Embase

 
 

13 legislation AND [embase]/lim

17350

 

14 education AND [embase]/lim

315073

 

15 standards AND [embase]/lim

54455

 

16 organization AND [embase]/lim

243462

 

17 #1 AND #13 AND #14 AND #15 AND #16

4

 

18 #2 AND #13 AND #14 AND #15 AND #16

18

 

19 #3 AND #13 AND #14 AND #15 AND #16

0

 

20 #1 AND #13 AND #14 AND #15 AND #16 AND ([metaanalysis]/lim OR [randomized controlled trial]/lim OR[systematic review]/lim) AND [review]/lim AND ([dutch]/lim OR [english]/lim OR [french]/lim) AND [humans]/lim AND [embase]/lim AND [1995-2009]/py

0

 

21 #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #19 OR #20

588503

 

22 #1 AND #21

92453

 

23 #13 OR #15 OR #16

307648

 

24 #3 AND #23

2303

 

25 #1 AND #23

10901

 

26 #2 AND #23

36791

 

27 #3 AND #24

2303

 

28 #25 OR #26 OR #27

38427

 

29 #25 OR #26 OR #27 AND ([meta analysis]/lim OR [ran

95

 

domized controlled trial]/lim OR [systematic review/lim)

 
 

AND [review]/lim AND ([dutch]/lim OR [english]/lim

 
 

OR [french]/lim) AND [humans]/lim AND [embase]/lim

 
 

AND [1995-2009]/py

 

Note

3 Emtree terms focused on topics of interest: legislation - education - standards - organization

 

Date

June 9, 2009

 

Database

Embase

 

Search Strategy

1 'medical education'/exp AND [embase]/lim

99195

 

2 'education'/exp AND [embase]/lim

302046

 

3 'general practice'/exp AND [embase]/lim

25131

 

5 #1 OR #3 OR #2

320689

 

6 train* AND [embase]/lim

206655

 

7 staff* AND [embase]/lim

73410

 

8 'organization and management'/exp AND [embase]/lim

333505

 

9 'health care management'/exp AND [embase]/lim

297404

 

10 governing AND board AND [embase]/lim

214

 

11 management AND audit AND [embase]/lim

5795

 

12 management AND information AND systems AND

7583

 

[embase]/lim

 
 

13 mandatory AND programs AND [embase]/lim

626

 

14 organizational AND innovation AND [embase]/lim

240

 

15 program AND development AND [embase]/lim

44213

 

16 public AND health AND administration AND [embase]/lim

14407

 

17 total AND quality AND management AND [embase]/lim

11402

 

18 #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16

482585

 

18 #5 OR #6 OR #17

700724

 

19 #4 OR #18

113868

 

20 #4 AND #18 AND ([meta analysis]/lim OR [randomized controlled trial]/lim OR [systematic review]/lim) AND [review]/lim AND ([dutch]/lim OR [english]/lim OR [french]/lim) AND [humans]/lim AND [embase]/lim AND [1995-2009]/p

391

Note

3 Emtree terms combined with free terms (train* - staff*) and MESHs to reflect the WFME grid

 
 

Merge databases: 392 + 95 + 391 = 878 papers - 263 duplicates = 615 papers

 

1.3) ERIC

  

Keywords

"Graduate Medical Education"

 
 

"Family Practice (medicine)"

 
 

quality

 
 

train*

 
 

staff*

 
 

standards

 
 

organization

 
 

legislation

 

Date

July 30, 2009

 

Database

ERIC

 

Search Strategy

1) Thesaurus descriptors: "Graduate Medical Education"

 
 

OR

 
 

2) Thesaurus descriptors: "Family Practice (Medicine)

 
 

AND

 
 

3) Keywords: quality OR train* OR staff* OR standards OR organization OR legislation

 
 

Publication date: 1995-2010

 
 

Publication type: journal article

 
 

N = 303

 

1.4) RDRB

  

Keywords

graduate medical education

 
 

internship

 
 

residenc*

 
 

family practice

 
 

quality

 
 

train*

 
 

staff*

 
 

standards

 
 

organization

 
 

legislation

 

Date

August 1, 2009

 

Database

RDRB

 

Search Strategy

Advanced search

 
 

X Search all groups

 
 

Key words: graduate medical education OR internship OR family practice

 
 

AND

 
 

Key words: quality OR train* OR staff*

 
 

Limits: 1995-2010

 
 

N = 255

 

Date

August 1, 2009

 

Database

RDRB

 

Search Strategy

Advanced search

 
 

X Search all groups

 
 

Key words: graduate medical education OR residenc* OR family practice

 
 

AND

 
 

Key words: quality OR train* OR staff*

 
 

Limits: 1995-2010

 
 

N = 234

 
 

Merge databases: 255 + 234 = 489 - 234 duplicates

 
 

= 255 papers

 

Date

August 1, 2009

 

Database

RDRB

 

Search Strategy

Advanced search

 
 

X Search all groups

 
 

Key words: graduate medical education OR internship OR family practice

 
 

AND

 
 

Key words: standards OR organization OR legislation

 
 

Limits: 1995-2010

 
 

N = 293

 
 

Merge databases: 255 + 293 = 548 - 89 duplicates

 
 

= 459 papers

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