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Table 1 Provisional search strategy

From: Professional learning and development of postdoctoral scholars: a scoping review protocol

Number

Searches

Results

1

postdoc*.mp.

1709

2

post-doc*.mp.

498

3

post-phd*.mp.

10

4

or/1-3

2198

5

exp Staff Development/

8947

6

exp Leadership/

37,479

7

exp Mentoring/

411

8

exp Mentors/

9818

9

exp Teaching/

80,713

10

(professional adj1 development).mp.

7742

11

(professional adj1 learning).mp.

278

12

(professional adj1 growth).mp.

832

13

(career adj1 development).mp.

1962

14

(career adj1 mentor*).mp.

105

15

(career adj1 goal*).mp.

438

16

(career adj1 preparation).mp.

60

17

(career adj1 navigat*).mp.

5

18

(capacity adj1 development).mp.

538

19

(postdoc* adj2 train*).mp.

292

20

(faculty adj1 development).mp.

2370

21

(collegial adj1 mentor*).mp.

3

22

(peer adj1 coach*).mp.

149

23

coaching.mp.

4592

24

mentor*.mp.

17,695

25

(faculty adj3 learning communit*).mp.

19

26

work life balance.mp.

932

27

lifelong learn*.mp.

1199

28

transformative learn*.mp.

196

29

(talent adj1 management).mp.

50

30

(communit* adj1 practice*).mp.

2271

31

leadership.mp.

54,444

32

(teaching adj1 development).mp.

93

33

(teaching adj1 skill*).mp.

1247

34

(academic adj1 skill*).mp.

659

35

(academic adj1 development).mp.

311

36

(skill* adj1 development).mp.

2319

37

(training adj1 program*).mp.

38,395

38

(talent adj1 development).mp.

162

39

(skill* adj1 train*).mp.

7007

40

(education* adj1 development).mp.

784

41

or/5-40

210,492

42

4 and 41

689

43

limit 42 to english language

677

  1. Database(s): Ovid MEDLINE (R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE (R) Daily, and Ovid MEDLINE (R) 1946 to Present Search Strategy