Search Terms for Pharmacy Education
There are 3 main MeSH terms related to pharmacy education:
- Education, Pharmacy (with narrower terms for graduate and continuing education, and residencies)
- Students, Pharmacy
- Schools, Pharmacy
In addition to searching with MeSH terms, you'll also want to include keywords for each concept with an OR, eg:
- exp Education, Pharmacy/ or Students, Pharmacy/ or Schools, Pharmacy/
- ((pharmacy or pharmd) adj3 (student* or education* or curricul*)).mp
- 1 or 2
If you're searching Embase, note that its subject headings - Emtree terms - usually differ from MeSH terms.
For more tips on database searching, please contact your librarian or see this guide:
Journal Coverage in Databases
This table shows where major pharmacy and health sciences education journals are indexed (as of June 2022).
Please note that a lot of pharmacy education research is presented at conferences, rather than in peer-reviewed journals. Embase is a good place to find abstracts of posters and papers presented at conferences.
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Journal Title |
PubMed/ Ovid Medline |
Embase |
CINAHL |
ERIC |
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to find pre-1989 articles, search the journal's website. |
1989-present
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1989-2014 |
1989-1990, select articles |
1989-2003 |
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Advances in Health Sciences Education Theory and Practice (sometimes found under former title, Advances in Health Sciences Education) |
1996-present |
2001-present |
2008-present |
2004-present |
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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
to find pre-2006 articles, search the journal's website. |
2006-present, and selective coverage of earlier years |
2006-present, and selective coverage of earlier years |
2004-present |
1969-2002 |
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2001-present |
2001-present |
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2010-present |
2006-2014 |
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2017-present, and selective coverage of earlier years |
2009-present |
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2000-present, and selective coverage of earlier years |
2007-2013 |
1988-present |
1988-2013 |
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1976-present |
1977-present |
1998-present |
1976-2002 |
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2001-present, and selective coverage of earlier years |
1979-present |
2004-present |
1986-2003 |
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2002-present |
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2000-present |
2002-present |
2000-present |
1990-2003 |
SoTL Dissemination Fund
Planning to publish or present a paper on the scholarship of teaching and learning? The Office of the Provost has funding available for UBC faculty:
- SoTL Dissemination FundAny full-time faculty member at UBC Vancouver can apply for the award, which can be used for dissemination expenses such as:
APCs (article processing charges) or other fees related to publishing one’s scholarly work open access (up to $2,000);
Conference registration and travel costs (up to $1,000).