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Medical Education Research

Thesaurus

PsycINFO can be useful in looking at psychosocial aspects of education.  The following are controlled vocabulary terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.  The controlled vocabulary, like MeSH, is arranged in a hierarchy so terms can be “exploded” to search the main or parent term and any of the dependent or children terms in one step.  The hierarchical arrangement is noted below; however, all terms that may be searched in an explode may not be listed.  Items marked with a + have indented terms that are expanded elsewhere in this section.

 

Terms for Curriculum:

Curricular Field Experience

Curriculum

    Affective Education

    Career Education

    Compensatory Education

    Computer Training

    Health Education  (Scope - Instruction or programs in school, institutional, or
    community settings which present material about factors affecting health behavior and
            attitudes.)

        Drug Education

        Sex Education

    Psychology Education

    Science Education

 

Terms for Faculty

Educational Personnel

Teacher Characteristics

    Teacher Attitudes

        Teacher Expectations

    Teacher Personality

Teacher Student Interaction

Teacher Tenure

 

Terms for Students

Students

    Classmates

    College Students

        Nursing Students

    Graduate Students

    Medical Students

    Postgraduate Students

Student Characteristics

    Student Attitudes

 

Education

Medical Education

    Medical Internship

    Medical Residency

    Psychiatric Training

Nursing Education

Education

    Adult Education

    Clinical Methods Training

        Clinical Psychology Graduate Training    

        Clinical Psychology Internship

        Community Mental Health Training

            Mental Health Inservice Training

Psychiatric Training

        Psychoanalytic Training

        Psychotherapy Training

    Communication Skills Training

    Counselor Education

    Curriculum+

    Death Education

    Distance Education

    Higher Education

        Graduate Education

            Dental Education

            Graduate Psychology Education

            Medical Education+

            Rehabilitation Education

        Postgraduate Training

            Clinical Psychology Graduate Training

            Clinical Psychology Internship
            Medical Internship

            Medical Residency

        Undergraduate Education

    Multicultural Education

    Nontraditional Education

    Nursing Education

    Paraprofessional Education

    Personnel Training

        Apprenticeship

        Inservice Training

        Management Training

        Military Training

        On the Job Training

 

Academic Achievement

    Academic Overachievement

    Academic Underachievement

    College Academic Achievement

Achievement Motivation

Academic Achievement Motivation

Academic Achievement Prediction

Academic Aptitude

Adult Learning

Professional Specialization

    Academic Specialization

    Career Development

Higher Education+

    Occupational Choice

    Occupational Preference

    Postgraduate Training+

    Professional Development

    Professional Personnel

        Clinicians

        Educational Personnel

        Health Personnel

            Medical Personnel

                Dentists

                Military Medical Personnel

                Nurses

                    Psychiatric Nurses

                    Public Health Nurses

                    School Nurses

                Optometrists

                Paramedical Personnel

                Pharmacists

                Physical Therapists

                Physicians

                    Family Physicians

                    General Practitioners

                    Gynecologists

                    Internists

                    Neurologists

                    Obstetricians

                    Pathologists

                    Pediatricians

                    Psychiatrists

                    Surgeons

                Psychiatric Hospital Staff

            Mental Health Personnel

 

Adult Learning

Educational Objectives

Educational Programs

Educational Program Accreditation

Educational Program Planning

Educational Reform

Study Habits

School Retention

 

Teaching/Learning

Learning

    Adult Learning

    Cooperative Learning

    Experiential Learning

    Generalization (Learning)

    Implicit Learning

    Incidental Learning

        Latent Learning

    Intentional Learning

    Interference (Learning)

    Masterly Learning

    Mnemonic Learning

    Nonverbal Learning

    Observational Learning

    Organizational Learning

    Overlearning

    Perceptual Motor Learning

    Probability Learning

    Self Regulated Learning

    Sequential Learning

    Serial Learning

    Skill Learning

        Fine Motor Skill Learning

        Gross Motor Skill Learning

    Social Learning

    Spatial Learning

    Spontaneous Recovery (Learning)

    State Dependent Learning

    Transfer (Learning)

    Trial and Error Learning

    Verbal Learning

    

Teaching

    Instructional Media

        Advance Organizers

        Educational Audiovisual Aids

        Reading Materials

        Teaching Machines

        Textbooks

            Programmed Textbooks

    Teaching Methods

        Advance Organizers

        Audiovisual Instruction

            Televised Instruction

            Videotaped Instruction

        Computer Assisted Instruction

            Intelligent Tutoring Systems

        Directed Discussion Method

        Discovery Teaching Method

        Educational Field Trips

        Experiential Learning

            Curricular Field Experience

        Group Instruction

        Individualized Instruction

        Lecture Method

        Lesson Plans

        Montessori Method

        Nondirected Instruction Method

        Open Classroom Method

        Programmed Instruction

        Scaffolding

        Team Teaching Method

        Tutoring

            Peer Tutoring

Assessment

Educational Measurement

    Curriculum Based Assessment

    Entrance Examinations

        College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Test

    Grading (Educational)

    Minimum Competency Tests

Educational Program Evaluation

Educational Quality

Course Evaluation

Professional Competence

Peer Evaluation

Professional Standards

    Professional Liability

Self Evaluation