Table 3.

Search strings.

Search strings	Database	Results, n
((((Students, Medical[MeSH Terms]) OR (Learners)) OR (Medical students)) OR (Medical undergraduates)) AND ((((Profiling of learner*) OR (Learner profile*) OR (learner profiling) AND ((((Education, Medical, Undergraduate[MeSH Terms]) OR (education, graduate[MeSH Terms])) OR (education, medical[MeSH Terms])) OR (Education, Medical, Graduate[MeSH Terms]))	PubMed	42
(“Medical student*”)) AND ((“ Profiling of learner”) OR (“Learner profile*”)) AND ((“Medical education”) OR (“Medical Universit*”))	Google Scholar	53
“Learner profile” AND “medical education”	ERIC	17
“Learner profile” AND “medical students” AND “Medical school”	CINAHL	19
“Learner profile” AND “medical students” AND “Medical school”	SCOPUS	28
“Learner profile” AND “medical students” AND “Medical school”	Cochrane	7