Table 1 Electronic search strategies

Cochrane Library

504 studies

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Students, Medical] explode all trees

#2 (Medical Students)

#3 (Student, Medical)

#4 (Medical Student)

#5 (Undergraduate medical students)

#6 (medical education)

#7 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6

#8 MeSH descriptor: [Mindfulness] explode all trees

#9 (Mindfulness meditation)

#10 (Zen)

#11 (Vipassana)

#12 (mindfulness-based stress reduction)

#13 (mind–body skill training)

#14 (MBSR)

#15 #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14

#16 #7 AND #15

Embase

666 studies

('medical student'/exp OR 'medical student' OR 'medical students'/exp OR 'medical students' OR 'undergraduate medical education'/exp OR 'undergraduate medical education' OR 'medical education'/exp OR 'medical education') AND ('mindfulness'/exp OR mindfulness OR 'mindfulness based stress reduction'/exp OR 'mindfulness based stress reduction' OR 'mindfulness training'/exp OR 'mindfulness training' OR 'mindfulness meditation'/exp OR 'mindfulness meditation' OR 'mindfulness based stress reduction program'/exp OR 'mindfulness based stress reduction program')

PubMed/MEDLINE

856 studies

("Students, Medical"[Mesh] or (Medical Students) or (Student, Medical) or (Medical Student) or (Undergraduate medical students) or (medical education)) AND ("Mindfulness"[Mesh] or (Mindfulness meditation) or (Zen) or (Vipassana) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind–body skill training) or (MBSR))

PsycINFO/PsycNet

61 studies

((Students, Medical) or (Medical Students) or (Student, Medical) or (Medical Student) or (Undergraduate medical students) or (medical education) AND (Mindfulness) or (Mindfulness meditation) or (Zen) or (Vipassana) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind–body skill training) or (MBSR))

LILACS/BVS

125 studies

(tw:("Estudantes de Medicina" or (MH:M01.848.769.602$))) AND (tw:("Atenção Plena" or (Consciência Plena) or (Mindfulness) or (MH:F02.463.551$) or (MH:F04.754.137.350.500$)))

ERIC (ProQuest)

92 studies

((Students, Medical) or (Medical Students) or (Student, Medical) or (Medical Student) or (Undergraduate medical students) or (medical education) AND (Mindfulness) or (Mindfulness meditation) or (Zen) or (Vipassana) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind–body skill training) or (MBSR))

Web of Science

02 studies

((Students, Medical) or (Medical Students) or (Student, Medical) or (Medical Student) or (Undergraduate medical students) or (medical education) AND (Mindfulness) or (Mindfulness meditation) or (Zen) or (Vipassana) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind–body skill training) or (MBSR))

OpenGrey

0 studies

students, medical or Undergraduate medical students or medical education and mindfulness or Mindfulness meditation or Zen or Vipassana or mindfulness-based stress reduction or mind–body skill training

Google Scholar

179 studies

students, medical or Undergraduate medical students or medical education and mindfulness or Mindfulness meditation or Zen or Vipassana or mindfulness-based stress reduction or mind–body skill training