Tip #2: Check for erroneous computer indexing in Embase
I recently sought help from colleagues on the expertsearching listserv regarding puzzling results I was seeing in Embase (in this case, on the Ovid platform). I was searching for articles about the category of medical trainees known in the USA as residents. Here's the scope note for the EMTREE term "resident": (For screen reader users: The scope note cites the Dorland's definition, "a graduate and licensed physician receiving training in a specialty, usually in a hospital," and states this subject heading is synonymous with "interns and residents, resident doctor, resident physician, resident surgeon, surgery resident, surgical resident.") So far, so good, right? Well, here are the first 5 results for exp resident/ : COVID-19 in French Nursing Homes during the Second Pandemic Wave: A Mixed-Methods Cross-Sectional Study COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against laboratory confirmed symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 related hospitalizations ...
