Table 1

Database search

Databases searched 2012–2024
Order of search	Search action PubMed	PubMed	Search action CINAHL	CINAHL	Search action ERIC	ERIC
1	student* OR nursing student* OR medical student* OR physiotherapy student*	418 865	nursing student* OR medical student* OR physiotherapy student*	57582	nursing student* OR medical student* OR physiotherapy student*	32787
2	interprofessional education [MeSH Term]) OR interprofessional learning OR IPL OR IPE	29 388	[SH] interdisciplinary education OR interprofessional learning OR interprofessional education OR IPL OR IPE	8478	interprofessional learning OR interprofessional education OR interdisciplinary education OR IPL OR IPE	33, 914
3	clinical clerkship [MeSH Term] OR preceptorship* [MeSH Term] OR clinical practice OR clinical learning environment OR clinical supervis*	560 334	clinical clerkship OR preceptorship* clinical practice OR clinical learning environment OR clinical supervis* OR primary health care OR rural health services	188965	[ERIC] Clinical experience OR clinical clerkship OR preceptorship* clinical practice OR clinical learning environment OR clinical supervis* OR primary health care OR rural health services	17, 957
4	primary health care [MeSH term] OR rural health services [MeSH term]	456 090
Limits
5	Qualitative; English; 2012–2024	102		105		230
Combination
6	1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND 5	83	1 AND 2 AND 3	81	1 AND 2 AND 3	69	Total number of articles: 233

Database Search summarises the search of publications from 2012 to 2024 in the three databases, PubMed, CINAHL and ERIC. The search was designed to identify articles related to nursing, medical and physiotherapy students, interprofessional learning, clinical learning and primary healthcare. The step-by-step combination of search and lists of the keywords and subject headings are presented as well as the number of articles retrieved for each search.