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Development and Validation of a Sensitive Search Strategy for Pharmacy Education
Hilary Jasmin1, Krystal Bullers2, Deborah D Divis3
1Center for Evidence-based Policy, Portland, Oregon, USA.
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
|May 23, 2026
Summary
A validated search hedge was developed for pharmacy education research, ensuring efficient and precise evidence synthesis. This tool achieves 100% relative recall across multiple databases.
Area of Science:
- Pharmacy Education Research
- Information Science
Background:
- Efficient evidence synthesis is crucial for advancing pharmacy education.
- Developing comprehensive search strategies is key to accurate literature retrieval.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a comprehensive search hedge for pharmacy education research.
- To support efficient and precise evidence synthesis in this field.
Main Methods:
- A sensitive search hedge was created and refined using primary studies from high-quality systematic reviews.
- Relative recall methodology was employed with a corpus of 100 PubMed identifiers (PMIDs) for validation.
- The search hedge was translated and re-validated for Embase and MEDLINE databases.
Main Results:
- The developed search hedge achieved 100% relative recall in Embase, MEDLINE via Ovid, and MEDLINE via EBSCO.
- The validation process confirmed the hedge's high sensitivity and accuracy.
Conclusions:
- Expert-driven relative recall methodology yielded a highly sensitive and validated search hedge.
- This validated hedge reliably identifies relevant literature for pharmacy education researchers.
- The methodology is adaptable for other pharmacy research and health science disciplines.
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