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. 2020 Jul 9;20:215. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02074-9

Table 6.

Grey sources

Source and search date Search string Result Notes

ProQuest Dissertation and Theses

Search date: 2019-05-18

(((“psychiatrists” OR “psychiatrist” OR “premedical education” OR “dental education” OR “dental educations” OR “pharmaceutical” OR “pharmacy educations” OR “nursing school” OR “nursing schools” OR “dental school” OR “dental schools” OR “pharmacy school” OR “pharmacy schools” OR physiotherapist OR physiotherapists OR “physiotherapy education” OR “physiotherapy students” OR “physiotherapy student” OR “physiotherapy school” OR “physiotherapy schools” OR “physical therapy faculty” OR “physiotherapy faculty” OR “physical therapy student” OR “physical therapy students” OR “physical therapy education” OR “physical therapy educations” OR “physical therapy school” OR “physical therapy schools” OR “medical curricula” OR “medical curriculum” OR “medical faculty” OR “medical learners” OR interns OR intern OR internship OR internships OR “medical postgraduates” OR “medical postgraduate” OR “medical graduate” OR “medical graduates” OR “medical undergraduate” OR “medical undergraduates” OR “medical student” OR “medical students” OR “medical education” OR “medical educations” OR clerkship* OR residents OR residency OR “teaching round” OR “teaching rounds” OR “health personnel” OR “medical school” OR “medical schools” OR “medical college” OR “medical universities” OR “medical university” OR “physical therapists” OR “physical therapist” OR physician* OR pharmacist* OR nurse* OR “medical staff” OR “health educators” OR “nursing faculty” OR “dental faculty” OR dentist* OR “pharmacy faculty” OR “health personnel” OR “allied health personnel” OR “premedical student” OR “premedical students” OR “pharmacy students” OR “pharmacy student” OR “dental student” OR “dental students” OR “nursing students” OR “nursing education” OR “nursing educations” OR “nursing student” OR “pharmacy graduates” OR “pharmacy undergraduates” OR “pharmacy graduate” OR “pharmacy undergraduate” OR “pharmacy postgraduates” OR “pharmacy postgraduate” OR “nursing graduates” OR “nursing graduate” OR “nursing undergraduates” OR “nursing undergraduates” OR “dental graduates” OR “dental graduate” OR “dental undergraduates” OR “dental undergraduate” OR “dental postgraduates” OR “dental postgraduate”) AND (remediation* OR remedial*) AND (communicat* OR “interpersonal relation” OR “interpersonal relationships” OR “interpersonal relationship” OR “interpersonal relations” OR “interpersonal Interaction” OR “interpersonal interactions”))) 34

Search in “All fields Except Full text”.

No filters or limitations applied

Ethos

Search date: 2019-05-18

remediation AND communication AND student 12

* The search function in this source is very limited. A broad search was conducted.

No filters or limitations applied.

remediation AND communication AND medical 9
remediation AND communication AND physicians 1
remediation AND interpersonal AND medical 1
remediation AND interpersonal 9

Open Grey

(Grey literature in Europe)

Search date: 2019-05-18

remediation AND communication 14 * The search function in this source is very limited. A broad search was conducted.
remediation AND communication AND students 2
remediation AND communication AND medical 1
remediation AND interpersonal AND medical 0
remediation AND interpersonal 0
remediation AND communication AND physicians 0

BASE

(Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)

Search date: 2019-05-18

tit:communicat* tit:remedia* 70 Searched in the field for “Title”
subj:remedia* subj:communica* 181 Searched in the field for “Subject”
subj:remedia* subj:communica* subj:medical* 1
subj:interpersonal* subj:remedia* subj:medical* 1
subj:interpersonal* subj:remedia* subj:student* 2

The New York Academy of Grey Literature Reports

Search date: 2019-05-18

remediation AND communication 1
remediation AND interpersonal 0
remediation AND students 0

British Library Main Catalogue

Search date: 2019-05-18

remedia* AND communica* 5

Searched with publication limitation:

“Theses”

remedia* AND communica* AND medical* 0
remedia* AND communica* AND medical* 81 Searched in “Whole Catalogue”
remedia* AND interpersonal* AND medical* 10
remedia* AND interpersonal* 104
remedia* AND interpersonal* AND student* 11

WorldCat library catalogue

Search date: 2019-05-18

ti:remedia* ti:communicat* ti:medical* 21

Searched in the field for “Title”

Searched in the field for “Title”

ti:remedia* ti:interpersonal* 43
Total numbers of references 614
Duplicates removed 207
Total numbers of references after de-duplication 407