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Table 1 Developed search strategy for MEDLINE using OVID

From: An evaluation of methods used to teach quality improvement to undergraduate healthcare students to inform curriculum development within preregistration nurse education: a protocol for systematic review and narrative synthesis

 

Search terms

1.

exp quality Improvement*/

2.

(science of improvement or improvement science or continuous quality improvement or total quality management or quality standards or improvement models).tw.

3.

1 or 2

4.

exp education*/

5.

course$.tw.

6.

train$.tw.

7.

curricul$.tw.

8.

teach$.tw.

9.

learn$.tw.

10.

4or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9

11.

student.ab.

12.

trainee.ab.

13.

learner.ab.

14.

(undergraduate).ab.

15.

11 or 12 or 13 or 14

16.

exp programme evaluation/

17.

evaluat$.ab.

18.

16 or 17

19.

3 and 10 and 15 and 18

  1. The ‘exp’ before an index term indicates that the term was exploded. The slash (/) after an index term indicates that all subheadings were selected. ‘tw’ or ‘ab’ indicates a search for a term in the title (ti) or abstract (ab). The dollar ($) at the end of a term indicates that this term has been truncated. The asterisk (*) following an index term indicates that that term was focused—i.e. limited to records where the term was a major MeSH term.