To use or not to use: ERIC database for medical education research.

IF 3.3 2区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Medical Teacher Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI:10.1080/0142159X.2024.2422003

Michael T Lam, Helen R Lam, Manfred Gschwandtner, Philip Chan

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Abstract

Introduction: Bibliographic databases are essential research tools. In medicine, key databases are MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central (MEC). In education, the Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) is a major database. Medical education, situated between medicine and education, has no dedicated database of its own. Many medical education researchers use MEC, some use ERIC and some do not.

Methods: We performed a descriptive analysis using search strategies to retrieve medical education references from MEC and ERIC. ERIC references which were duplicates with MEC references were removed. Unique ERIC references were tallied.

Results: Between 1977 and 2022, MEC has 359,354 unique references relevant to medical education. ERIC provided 3925 unique references for the same period, all of which would be missed by searching only MEC. The mean unique ERIC medical education references per year for all 46 years is 85 (SD = ±29), or 119 (SD = ±15) for the last 10 years from 2013 to 2022.

Conclusion: ERIC consistently offered a small yet significant number of unique references relevant to medical education for decades. We recommend the use of ERIC for medical education research when comprehensive literature searches are required, such as in systematic reviews, scoping reviews, evidence synthesis, or guideline development.

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用还是不用：ERIC 医学教育研究数据库。

引言书目数据库是必不可少的研究工具。在医学领域，主要数据库有 MEDLINE/PubMed、Embase 和 Cochrane Central (MEC)。在教育领域，教育资源信息中心（ERIC）是一个主要数据库。医学教育介于医学和教育之间，没有自己的专门数据库。许多医学教育研究人员使用 MEC，有些使用 ERIC，有些则不使用：我们使用检索策略进行了描述性分析，从 MEC 和 ERIC 中检索医学教育参考文献。删除了与 MEC 参考文献重复的 ERIC 参考文献。对ERIC中唯一的参考文献进行统计：结果：1977 年至 2022 年间，MEC 共有 359,354 条与医学教育相关的唯一参考文献。ERIC在同一时期提供了3925条独特的参考文献，如果只检索MEC，则会遗漏所有这些参考文献。在所有46年中，ERIC每年提供的医学教育参考文献平均为85篇（SD=±29），在2013年至2022年的最后10年中，平均为119篇（SD=±15）：结论：数十年来，ERIC始终提供少量但数量可观的与医学教育相关的独特参考文献。我们建议在需要进行全面文献检索（如系统综述、范围界定综述、证据综合或指南制定）时，将ERIC用于医学教育研究。

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Medical Teacher 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

7.80

自引率

8.50%

发文量

396

审稿时长

3-6 weeks

期刊介绍： Medical Teacher provides accounts of new teaching methods, guidance on structuring courses and assessing achievement, and serves as a forum for communication between medical teachers and those involved in general education. In particular, the journal recognizes the problems teachers have in keeping up-to-date with the developments in educational methods that lead to more effective teaching and learning at a time when the content of the curriculum—from medical procedures to policy changes in health care provision—is also changing. The journal features reports of innovation and research in medical education, case studies, survey articles, practical guidelines, reviews of current literature and book reviews. All articles are peer reviewed.