Guides: Medical Education Resources: Overview

Databases

PubMed Plus
NLM's public access version to Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature.

OVID Medline
An alternative interface to much of the material found in PubMed.
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
Access via ProQuest | Access via Ebsco
Indexes education journals (most comprehensively, some selectively), as well as education-related materials from scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, policy organizations, university presses, the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies, and state and local agencies.

APA PsycInfo
The American Psychological Association's comprehensive indexing and abstracting service for the professional and scholarly literature in psychology and related fields.

Scopus
A citation database that includes literature from all fields of study, from science to the humanities.

PubMed Medical Subject Headings

There are several MeSH terms you might find useful when searching PubMed.

Education, Medical
Interprofessional Education
Curriculum
Education, Distance
Mentors | Mentoring
Preceptorship
Clinical Clerkship
Internship and Residency
Students, Medical
Computer Simulation
Simulation Training
Virtual Reality | Augmented Reality
Teaching

Models, Education
Needs Assessment
Learning
Educational Measurement
Academic Performance
Clinical Competence
Models, Educational
Evaluation Study
Program Evaluation
Program Development
Data Collection
Surveys and Questionnaires

Explore other potential MeSH terms using the MeSH Database. Enter term(s) to find matching subject headings used in PubMed.

Research Methods

E-books

Medical Education Research

Medical Education Resources

Association of American Medical Colleges
MedEd Topic Search | MedEd Mission | MedEd Initiatives
BEME
Best Evidence Medical and Health Professional Education Collaboration
JAMA Network Open - Medical Education Collection
KeyLime - Podcast
"Key Literature in Medical Education", Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
DR MERL
"Dependable Reviews of Medical Education Research Literature"
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACGME Data Resource Book

Journals

The links below take you directly to the journal. You will need to log-in using your PennKey. Many of these sites allow you to search within the journal.

This canned PubMed link will allow you to search across ALL the journals listed above. After clicking the link, enter your term(s) at the beginning of the search statement.
- covid-19 ("Acad Med"[Jour] or "Adv Health Sci ...
Link to more medical education journals via Franklin (Penn's online catalog)
Several medical education journals are accessible via Browzine.
Link to the Annotated Bibliography of Journals for Educational Scholarship - MESRE section, AAMC
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