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. 2022 Apr 5;27(1):2041366. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2041366

Table A1.

Search strategy

  Search terms 1
Pregnancy/Antenatal
Search terms 2
Ultrasound
Search term 3
Point-of-Care/Bedside
Search terms 4
Education/Training
MEDLINEMESH HEADINGS Obstetrics/
Pregnancy/
Prenatal care/
Prenatal diagnosis/
Pregnancy complications/
Pregnancy outcome/
Ultrasound/
Ultrasonography/
Prenatal/
Echography/
Diagnostic imaging/
Point of care systems/ Education/
Clinical education/
Continuing education/
Education program/
Health education/
Medical education/
Nursing education/
Postgraduate education/
Allied health education/
idwifery education/
Outcome of education/
Nurse midwifery education/
Continuing education provider/
Training/ Simulation training/
Staff training/
High fidelity simulation training/
In service training/
Evaluation study/
Program evaluation/
Teaching/
EMBASE MESH HEADINGS Obstetrics/
Pregnancy/
Pregnancy complications/ Pregnancy outcome/
Ultrasound/
Echography/
Diagnostic imaging/
Point-of-care testing/ Education/
Clinical education/
Continuing Education/
Education program/
Health Education/
Medical education/
Nursing education/
Postgraduate education/
Allied health education/
idwifery education/Outcome of education/
Nurse midwifery education/
Continuing education provider/
Training/
Simulation training/
Staff training/
High fidelity simulation training/
In service training/
Evaluation study/
Program evaluation/
Teaching/
KEYWORDS Perinatal
Prenatal
Antenatal
Pregn* (Pregnant, Pregnancy, Pregnancies)
Obstetr* (Obstetric, Obstetrics, Obstetrician)
Ultraso* (Ultrasound, Ultrasonography, Ultrasonic) ‘Point of care’
‘Point-of-care’
POCUS
Bedside
Evaluat* (Evaluation, evaluating, evaluate)
Educat* (Education, Educational, Educate, Educating)
Train* (Train, Training, Trainer, Trainee)
Workshop* (Workshop, Workshops)
Skill* (Skill, Skills)
SEARCH STRING EMBASE Obstetrics/ or Pregnancy/ or Pregnancy complications/ or Pregnancy outcome/ AND (Perinatal or Prenatal or Antenatal or Pregn* or Obstetr*).mp AND Ultrasound/ or Echography/ or Diagnostic imaging/ AND (Ultraso*).mp AND Point-of-care systems/ AND (‘Point of care’ or ‘Point-of-care’ or POCUS or Bedside).mp AND Education/ or Clinical education/ or Continuing education/ or Education program/ or Health education/ or Medical education/ or Nursing education/ or Postgraduate education/ or Allied health education/ midwifery education/ or Outcome of education/or Nurse midwifery education/ or Continuing education provider/ or Training/ or Simulation training/ or Staff training/ or High fidelity simulation training/ or In service training/ or Evaluation study/ or Program evaluation/ or Teaching/ AND (Evaluat* or Educat* or Train* or Workshop* or Skill*).mp
SEARCH STRING MEDLINE Obstetrics/ or Pregnancy/ or Prenatal care/ or Prenatal diagnosis/ or Pregnancy complications/ or Pregnancy outcome/ AND (Perinatal or Prenatal or Antenatal or Pregn* or Obstetr*).mp AND Ultrasound/ or Ultrasonography, Prenatal/ or Echography/ or Diagnostic imaging/ AND (Ultraso*).mp AND Point-of-care testing/ AND (‘Point of care’ or ‘Point-of-care’ or POCUS or Bedside).mp AND Education/ or Clinical education/ or Continuing education/ or Education program/ or Health education/ or Medical education/ or Nursing education/ or Postgraduate education/ or Allied health education/ midwifery education/ or Outcome of education/or Nurse midwifery education/ or Continuing education provider/ or Training/ or Simulation training/ or Staff training/ or High fidelity simulation training/ or In service training/ or Evaluation study/ or Program evaluation/ or Teaching/ AND (Evaluat* or Educat* or Train* or Workshop* or Skill*).mp
SEARCH TERMS GOOGLE SCHOLAR Antenatal OR obstetric AND PoCUS OR ‘Point of care ultrasound’ OR ultrasound AND training OR education
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