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PubMed
NLM's public access version of Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature. Review PubMed Tips for Searching

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

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

AAMC

Managing References

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 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
Looking to publish? Journal detail information available.

Books

Teaching cultural competence and cultural humility in medical education : a practical guide by Freddy A. Paniagua
ISBN: 9781003529057
Publication Date: 2025
Curriculum Development for Medical Education by Patricia A. Thomas (Editor); David E. Kern (Editor); Mark T. Hughes (Editor); Sean A. Tackett (Editor); Belinda Y. Chen (Editor)
ISBN: 9781421444093
Publication Date: 2022
Understanding Medical Education by Tim Swanwick (Editor); Kirsty Forrest (Editor); Bridget C. O'Brien (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119373858
Publication Date: 2018
Handbook of Clinical Teaching by Somnath Mookherjee (Editor); Ellen M. Cosgrove (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319331935
Publication Date: 2016
Teaching and Learning Methods in Medicine by Shabih Zaidi; Mona Nasir
ISBN: 9783319068503
Publication Date: 2014
Teaching Inpatient Medicine by Molly Harrod; Sanjay Saint; Robert W. Stock (As told to)
ISBN: 9780190671495
Publication Date: 2017

Links to Penn's online catalog subject heading searches:

Research Data & Digital Scholarship

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